Julie Holland Mortimer Department of Economics Littauer Center, M-8 Harvard University Cambridge, MA  02138 Phone: (617) 496-2442 Fax: (617) 495-8570 email: mortimer@fas.harvard.edu

Current Working Papers Available for Download:

Conlon, C. and J. Mortimer, "Effects of Product Availability: Experimental Evidence.'' Updated: October 9th, 2010.
 PDF File for download. Online Appendix.

Conlon, C. and J. Mortimer, "Demand Estimation Under Incomplete Product Availability," (under revision, American Economic Journal-Microeconomics). Updated: May 3rd, 2010.
 PDF File for download. MSL Code for Random Coefficients demand (in C). FIML Code for Nested Logit demand (in AMPL). E-Step Code (in Matlab).

Ho, J., K. Ho, and J. Mortimer, "Analyzing the Welfare Impacts of Full-line Forcing Contracts," (under revision, Journal of Industrial Economics). Updated: August 23rd, 2010.
 PDF File for download.

Mortimer, J., Nosko, C., and A. Sorensen, "Supply Responses to Digital Distribution: Recorded Music and Live Performances." Updated: October 1st, 2010.
 PDF File for download.

Versions of Published Papers Available for Download:

Ho, J., K. Ho, and J. Mortimer, "The Use of Full-line Forcing Contracts in the Video Rental Industry," (accepted, American Economic Review).
(Previously circulated under the title "Welfare Effects of Full-line Forcing Contracts in the Video Rental Industry.")
 PDF File for download. (January 17th, 2011 version.)

Ioannou, I., J. Mortimer, and R. Mortimer, "The Effects of Capacity on Sales Under Alternative Vertical Contracts," Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming.
 PDF File for download. (September 18, 2009 version.)

Mortimer, J. (2008), "Vertical Contracts in the Video Rental Industry," The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 75, pp. 165-199.
(Previously circulated under the title "The Effect of Revenue-Sharing Contracts on Welfare in Vertically-Separated Markets: Evidence from the Video Rental Industry.")
 PDF File for download. (December 1, 2006 version.)

Mortimer, J. (2007), "Price Discrimination, Copyright Law and Technological Innovation: Evidence from the Introduction of DVDs," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 122, pp. 1307-50.
 PDF File for download. (November 17, 2006 version.)

V. J. Hotz, G. Imbens, and J. Mortimer, (2005), "Predicting the Efficacy of Future Training Programs Using Past Experiences at Other Locations," Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 125, pp. 241 - 70. Previous version available at: NBER Technical Working Paper #T0238.

Work in Progress:

Conlon, C., Doraszelski, U., and J. Mortimer, "The Economic Impact of Technological Innovations in Product Availability.''

Additional Materials:

Conlon, C. and J. Mortimer, "Field Experiments on Product Availability," April, 2009:
 Powerpoint slides from the Better Vendor's Association meeting at NAMA.

Courses:

Economics 1640  Topics in Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications (Undergraduate IO, Spring 2009).

Economics 2611   Industrial Organization II (Graduate IO, Spring 2010).