4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTs

11/04/2013 - 12/04/2013

Universidade de Évora, Colégio do Espírito Santo - Room 131

News

Welcome to the website of the 4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTs, an annual workshop organized by CEF.UP (Centro de Estudos e Finanças of the University of Oporto), CEFAGE-UE (Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics of the University of Évora). The 2013 edition will be hosted by CEFAGE-UE and will be held in Évora in April 11 and 12, 2013.

ANACOM awards

We are pleased to announce that ANACOM, the regulator, supervisor and representative of the communications sector in Portugal, will sponsor the "ANACOM Best Workshop Paper Award" (3500) as well as the "ANACOM Young Researcher Award" (1500), exclusive for researchers below the age of thirty

Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jeremy Fox (University of Michigan) has accepted to a deliver keynote speech with the theme Applying the Merger Bidding Model to Understand Spectrum Policy.

Policy Panels / Roundtables

The organizers are happy to announce that this year's workshop program will include two policy-oriented Round Tables.

The first Round Table has the general theme "Market Delineation with Bundles" and will be organized by the Association of Competition Economics. Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics), Ciara Kalmus (Ofcom), Jan Krancke (Deutsche Telekom), and Matthijs Visser (RBB) have agreed to participate in this panel, which will be chaired by Kirsten Edwards-Warren (OFT).

The second Round Table has the general theme "Access to content in the context of bundled offers". This round table will be moderated by Fátima Barros (Chairman of ANACOM's Management Board) and Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates), Daniel Escoda (Telefonica), Marc Lebourges (Orange) and Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon) have agreed to participate in the panel.

Important dates

Opening date for submissions: October 1, 2012
Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2013
Decision on submissions: March 1, 2013
Meeting: April 11 and 12, 2013

Previous meetings

1st Workshop on the Economics of ICTs

2nd Workshop on the Economics of ICTs

3rd Workshop on the Economics of ICTs

Sponsors

Local

Universidade de Évora
Colégio do Espírito Santo - Room 131
Largo dos Colegiais, 2
7000 Evora
Portugal

Organizing Committee

António Brandão (CEF.UP)
Duarte Brito (CEFAGE-UE)
Andreia Dionísio (CEFAGE-UE)
Pedro Pereira (CEFAGE-UE)
Joana Resende (CEF.UP)

Scientific Committee

Gary Biglaiser (University of North Carolina)
Luís Cabral (New York University)
Gregory Crawford (University of Warwick)
Jeremy Fox (The University of Michigan)
Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Bruno Jullien (Toulouse School of Economics),
Martin Peitz (University of Mannheim)
Frank Verboven (K. U. Leuven)
Julian Wright (National University of Singapore)

Call for papers

We invite researchers, irrespective of their institutional or geographical affiliation, to submit theoretical, applied, or policy-oriented research papers in areas related to the economics of ICT to our meeting. Those areas include industrial organization, regulation, information economics, game theory, econometric analysis, law and economics, behavioral and experimental economics.

Submission guidelines
The title page should contain the following elements: name of the author(s), affiliation(s), presenter, address(es), email(s), title of the paper, abstract (up to 600 words), keywords and JEL classification codes.

The e-mail should mention if the author is applying for the Young Researcher Award.

Submissions should be e-mailed, in pdf format, to: ictworkshop2013@gmail.com.

The same address can also be used for questions concerning the scientific program. All matters related to submissions and papers will be handled by the organizing committee.

Deadline for submissions: February 01, 2013

Download the Call (pdf) here

Programme

Download:

Program final - 4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTx.pdf

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Program Overview


Thursday, April 11th

08:25-08:30		Welcome Address
08:30-10:30		Parallel Session 1: Telecommunications 1/ Search Engines and Advertising
10:30-11:00		Coffee Break 1
11:00-13:00		Session 2: Software
13:00-14:00		Lunch 1
14:00-16:00		Session 3: Electronic Commerce
16:00-16:30		Coffee Break 2
16:30-18:30		Paralell Session 4: Telecommunications 2/ Content and Mobile Diffusion
19:00		Conference Dinner at Convento do Espinheiro (by invitation)

Friday, April 12th

08:30-09:30		Keynote Speech: Applying the Merger Bidding Model to Understand Spectrum Policy, Jeremy Fox (University of Michigan)
09:30-10:00		Coffee Break 3
10:00-12:00		Session 5: Bundling and Unbundling
12:00-13:00		Lunch 2
13:00-14:30		Policy Panel 1: Delineating Markets with Bundles (organized by the Association of Competition Economics)
14:30-15:00		Coffee Break 4
15:00-16:30		Policy Panel 2: Access to Content in the Context of Bundled Offers
16:30-16:45		ANACOM Awards
16:45-17:00		Closing
17:00-18:00		Farewell Drinks

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Program (preliminary)


Thursday, April 11th (room 131)

08:30-10:30	Parallel Session 1A (room 131): Telecommunications 1
	Chair: Andreia Dionísio (CEFAGE-UE)

	Fixed-to-Mobile Substitution in the European Union Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech) Discussant: Carlos Santos (Tilburg University)

	Old Technology Upgrades, Innovation, and Competition in Vertically Differentiated Markets Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI) Paolo Lupi (Autorita per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni) Fabio M. Manenti (Universita di Padova) Discussant: Henri de Belsunce (Int. Max Planck RSCI)

	Broadband Speed, Broadband Growth? Industry-level Evidence from the OECD Stephan Fretz (University of St. Gallen) Discussant: Hugo Brito (ANACOM)

	Differential Impact of the Internet among Australian Households Wojciech Szewczyk (European Commission, IPTS) Russel Cooper (University of New South Wales) Discussant: João Macieira (Virginia Tech)

08:30-10:30	Parallel Session 1B (room 124): Search Engines and Advertising
	Chair: João Vareda (CEFAGE-UE)

	Integration and Search Engine Bias Alexandre de Cornière (University of Oxford) Greg Taylor (University of Oxford) Discussant: Matthew Ellman (I. d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC / Barcelona GSE)

	Banning Ads from Prime-Time State Television: Lessons from France Lapo Filistrucchi (Tilburg University and University of Florence) Luigi Luini (University of Siena) Andrea Mangani (University of Pisa) Discussant: Mattia Nardotto (Telecom ParisTech and University of Cologne)

	How to Subsidise the News Matthew Ellman (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE) Discussant: Chengsi Wang (University of Mannheim and MaCCI)

	In Google We Trust Roberto Burguet (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE) Ramon Caminal (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE) Matthew Ellman (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE) Discussant: Alexandre de Cornière (University of Oxford)

10:30-11:00	Coffee Break 1

11:00-13:00	Session 2: Software
	Chair: Cesaltina Pires (CEFAGE-UE)

	Commercial Software, Adware, and Consumer Privacy Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University) Discussant: Øystein Foros (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)

	Net Neutrality, Exclusivity Contracts and Internet Fragmentation Frago Kourandi (University of Athens) Jan Krämer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London and CEPR) Discussant: Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)

	Extensive Grantback Agreements: The Effects of Partial Termination Clauses in Patent Pool Contracts on Innovation Incentives and Participation Rates Henri de Belsunce (Int. Max Planck Res. Sch. for Competition & Innovation) Discussant: Fabio M. Manenti (Universita di Padova)

	Dynamic Rationale for Individual Provision of Public Goods Chengsi Wang (University of Mannheim and MaCCI) Galina Zudenkova (University of Mannheim and MaCCI) Discussant: Roberto Burguet (I. d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC / Barcelona GSE)

13:00-14:00	Lunch 1

14:00-16:00	Session 3: Electronic Commerce
	Chair: Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)

	Turning the Page on Business Formats for Ebooks: Does Apples Agency Model Soften Competition? Øystein Foros (NHH Norwegian School of Economics) Hans Jarle Kind (NHH Norwegian School of Economics and CESifo) Greg Shaffer (University of Rochester and University of East Anglia) Discussant: Sjaak Hurkens (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)

	Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Online Markets Tobias J. Klein (Tilburg University) Christian Lambertz (Univesity of Mannheim;) Konrad O. Stahl (University of Mannheim, C.E.P.R., CESifo, and ZEW) Discussant: Benjamin Engelstätter (ZEW)

	Digital Music Consumption on the Internet: Evidence from Clickstream Data Luis Aguiar (European Commission, JRC) Bertin Martens (European Commission, IPTS) Discussant: Tobias J. Klein (Tilburg University)

	Why Aftermarket Power Can Be Bad for Firms Dainis Zegners (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Tobias Kretschmer (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Discussant: Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics)

16:00-16:30	Coffee Break 2

16:30-18:30	Parallel Session 4A (room 131): Telecommunications 2
	Chair: João Gata (AdC, U. de Aveiro and UECE-ISEG)

	Fixed-Mobile Integration Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics) Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI) Carlo Cambini (Politecnico di Torino) Discussant: Frago Kourandi (University of Athens)

	A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 2005-2008 Michelle Connolly (Duke University) James E. Prieger (Pepperdine University) Discussant: Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)

	My Fibre or Your Fibre? Cooperative Investment, Uncertainty and Access Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI) Carlo Cambini (Politecnico di Torino) Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics) Discussant: Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech)

	Up and Down the Ladder Looking at the Geographic Differences in the Climb for Fibre the Portuguese Case Hugo Brito (ANACOM) Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon) Discussant: Stephan Fretz (University of St. Gallen)

16:30-18:30	Parallel Session 4B (room 124): Content and Mobile Diffusion
	Chair: Carlos Santos (Tilburg University)

	Consumer Information in the Digital Age: Empirical Evidence from the Spillovers in the Music Industry Sisley Maillard (Telecom ParisTech) Discussant: Toshifumi Kuroda (Tokyo Keizai University)

	Video Game Niches: Specialization, Substitutability and Strategic Entry Benjamin Engelstätter (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) Michael R. Ward (University of Texas at Arlington) Discussant: Wojciech Szewczyk (European Commission, IPTS)

	Analysis of the Role of International Network Effects on the Diffusion of Second and Third Generation Mobile Communication Networks Maria Baquero (Kyoto University) Toshifumi Kuroda (Tokyo Keizai University) Discussant: Laura Nurski (University of Leuven)

19:00	Workshop Dinner at Convento do Espinheiro (by invitation)


Friday, April 12th (room 131)

08:30-09:30	Keynote Speech: Applying the Merger Bidding Model to Understand Spectrum Policy
	Jeremy Fox (University of Michigan)

09:30-10:00	Coffee Break 3

10:00-12:00	Session 5: Bundling and Unbundling
	Chair: Tiago Ribeiro (INDERA)

	Net Neutrality, Foreclosure and the Fast Lane: An Empirical Study of the UK Laura Nurski (University of Leuven) Discussant: Lapo Filistrucchi (Tilburg University and University of Florence)

	Dominance and Competitive Bundling Sjaak Hurkens (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE) Doh-Shin Jeon (Toulouse School of Economics) Domenico Menicucci (Universita degli Studi di Firenze) Discussant: Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University)

	Unbundling the incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband Mattia Nardotto (Telecom ParisTech and University of Cologne) Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London, Telecom ParisTech and CEPR) Frank Verboven (KU Leuven and CEPR) Discussant: Luis Aguiar (European Commission, JRC)

	Bundling Incentives in Markets with Product Complementarities João Macieira (Virginia Tech) Pedro Pereira (CEFAGE-UE) João Vareda (CEFAGE-UE) Discussant: James E. Prieger (Pepperdine University)

12:00-13:00	Lunch 2

13:00-14:30	Policy Panel 1: Market Delineation with Bundles (organized by the Association of Competition Economics)
	Chair:
	Kirsten Edwards-Warren (OFT)

	Participants:
	Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
	Ciara Kalmus (Ofcom)
	Jan Krancke (Deutsche Telekom)
	Matthijs Visser (RBB)

14:30-15:00	Coffee Break 4

15:00-16:30	Policy Panel 2: Access to Content in the Context of Bundled Offers
	Chair:
		Fátima Barros (ANACOM)

	Participants:
		Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates)
		Daniel Escoda (Telefonica)
		Marc Lebourges (Orange)
		Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon)

16:30-16:45	ANACOM Awards

	Awards presented by Fátima Barros, President of ANACOM

16:45-17:00	Closing

17:00-18:00	Farewell Drinks

Participants

The list of participants in the 4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTs is the following:

Luis Aguiar (European Commission, JRC)

Fátima Barros (ANACOM)

Henri de Belsunce (Int. Max Planck Res. Sch. for Competition & Innovation)

Marc Bourreau (Telecom ParisTech and CREST-LEI)

Hugo Brito (ANACOM)

Roberto Burguet (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)

Kate Collyer (UK Competition Commission)

Alexandre de Cornière (University of Oxford)

Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates)

Matthew Ellman (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC and Barcelona GSE)

Benjamin Engelstätter (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung)

Daniel Escoda (Telefonica)

Lapo Filistrucchi (Tilburg University and University of Florence)

Øystein Foros (NHH Norwegian School of Economics)

Stephan Fretz (University of St. Gallen)

João Gata (AdC, U. de Aveiro and UECE-ISEG)

Lukasz Grzybowski (Telecom ParisTech)

Steffen Hoernig (Nova School of Business and Economics)

Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)

Doh-Shin Jeon (Toulouse School of Economics)

Ciara Kalmus (Ofcom)

Tobias J. Klein (Tilburg University)

Frago Kourandi (University of Athens)

Jan Krancke (Deutsche Telekom)

Toshifumi Kuroda (Tokyo Keizai University)

Marc Lebourges (Orange)

João Macieira (Virginia Tech)

Sisley Maillard (Telecom ParisTech)

Fabio M. Manenti (Universita di Padova)

Mattia Nardotto (Telecom ParisTech and University of Cologne)

Laura Nurski (University of Leuven)

Cesaltina Pires (CEFAGE-UE)

James E. Prieger (Pepperdine University)

Isabel Proença (Technical University of Lisbon)

Carlos Santos (Tilburg University)

Yossi Spiegel (Tel Aviv University)

Wojciech Szewczyk (European Commission, IPTS)

João Vareda (CEFAGE-UE)

Matthijs Visser (RBB)

Chengsi Wang (University of Mannheim and MaCCI)

Dainis Zegners (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon)

Kirsten Edwards (Office of Fair Trading)

Registration

Admittance to the workshop is free of charge, but participants are required to register before April 1st.

For non-presenters, the access to the workshop lunches (April 11th and 12th) and dinner (April 11th) is available for a fee of 100,00 (students and academics) and of 150,00 (non-academics). This fee also includes the workshop documentation and transport to and from the dinner location.

To register, e-mail cefage@uevora.pt.

Accommodation

Hotel reservations are handled by RSI - Viagens e Turismo,Lda, which has the following contacts:

Telephone: (+351) 266 74 78 71

E-mail:veronica.rsi@mail.telepac.pt or info.evora@rsi-viagens.com

Please, make your reservations as soon as possible. Note that the registration fee does not cover accommodation. As an historic city, Évora offers a wide range of accommodation alternatives. The organization has negotiated special discounts for conference participants at the following hotels:

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Residencial Riviera **** Rua 5 de Outubro, 49, 7000-854 Évora - Portugal
Located in Évoras historical centre and just a few steps away from the Cathedral and Giraldos Square. It has 21 rooms (with couple bed, single bed or double bed), with bathroom, mini-bar, air conditioning, cable TV,safe-box and free wi-fi.
Price per room and night with breakfast included:
Doble: 60,00 Single: 45,00
Deadline for cancelation: 01/03/2013

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Pensão Policarpo Rua Freiria de baixo, 16, 7000-898 Évora - Portugal
Located In a building dating from the 16th century, a building which was in earlier times the manor house of the Counts of Lousã, Pensão Residencial Policarpo lies between Évora University and the Largo das Portas de Moura and no more than five minutes walk away from all of the most important points in the city Praço Giraldo (the main square), the Cathedral, the Roman temple, the Town Hall, the market.
Price per room and night with breakfast included:
Doble with private WC: 52,00 Single with private WC 47,00
Deadline for cancelation: 01/03/2012

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Best Western Hotel Santa Clara *** Trav. da Milheira, 19, 7000-545 Évora
The BEST WESTERN Hotel Santa Clara is located in the City Historic Centre, 100 m far from Giraldos Square, close to the Santa Clara Convent. With bedrooms with full bath, direct telephone colour TV, air conditioning, free access to Internet wireless, buffet breakfast, room service.
Price per room and night with breakfast included:
Doble: 72,00 Single: 56,00
Deadline for cancelation: 01/03/2013

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Hotel Dom Fernando *** Av. Dr. Barahona, 27005-105 Évora
Hotel Dom Fernando, strategically located on one of the main arteries of the city of Évora stays only 5 minutes walk from the historical town centre. Rooms are equipped with Balcony or terrace, pool and garden view, Air conditioning, Telephone with direct access, Mini-bar (in most rooms), Satellite TV, Radio, Hair dryer (in most rooms), Secretary.
Price per room and night with breakfast included:
Doble: 48,00 Single: 42,00
Deadline for cancelation: 01/03/2013

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Hotel M'Ar de Ar Muralhas **** Travessa da Palmeira, 4/67000-546 Évora
THE HOTEL M`AR De AR Muralhas is located right in the historic centre of Évora, a 5 minutes walk from the famous Giraldo Square. This hotel offers 85 double rooms and 6 suites, 4 contiguous meeting rooms and the restaurant "Sabores do Alentejo" where one can taste the local gastronomy under the signature of Chef António Nobre. Rooms are equipped with: Air conditioning, Telephone with direct access, internet access, LCD TV, Mini-bar, Hair dryer and bath amenities with high quality.
Price per room and night with breakfast included:
Doble: 88,00 Single: 78,00
Deadline for cancelation: 01/03/2013

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Hotel M'Ar de Ar Aqueduto ***** Rua Cândido dos Reis, 72/78 - 7000 Évora
The Hotel MAR de AR Aqueduto & Spa with 64 modern comfortable rooms and Spa is located by the walls surrounding Évora which is close ot the centre of the city which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hotel combines traditional and modern aspects to provide guests with unique top-class accommodation and the best of service. After a day of sightseeing you can treat yourself to a refreshing drink from the hotel bar. The pool area is the perfect spot to relax in style, either by soaking up the sun on one of the sun loungers or enjoying a swim in the pool.
Price per room and night with breakfast included:
Doble: 139,00 Single: 125,00
Deadline for cancelation: 01/03/2013

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Travel Information

The city of Evora

Évora is a quiet and delightful historical city in Alentejo, in the south of Portugal, in the middle of a softly waving peneplain, touched by a Mediterranean climate sweetened by the Atlantic influence of hot, long and dry summers, and soft winters.

A small city of about 60.000 residents with whitewashed houses, arches, and twisting alleyways, 130 km from Lisbon, it was classified by Unesco as a World Heritage Site. It is a true open-air museum, enclosed by medieval walls, with a large number of wonderfully preserved monuments and buildings of public interest: the Roman Temple of Diana, its most famous landmark; the Evora Museum, with its Roman columns, 16th-century paintings, and modern sculpture; the Giraldo Square, the main city square and the best place to start the visit and to return for refreshments; the Cathedral, with a great view over the city; the Church of S. Francisco, displaying the bones and skulls of some 5000 people covering the walls and columns of the church's Chapel of Bones; the Cromlech of Almendres, a megalithic site; among many other interesting places to discover

You can find more information about Évora by clicking here, a map of the city by clicking here (Google map) or here (touristic map) and more information about the University of Évora by clicking here.

Accessibility

The closest international airport is the Aeroporto de Lisboa, about 130 km west from Évora, and connected by a fast highway. After reaching the Lisbon airport (Faro airport in the South is also a possibility), you can either rent a car or go to the bus and train stations for direct services to Évora (tickets can be bought in the station or on-line). Trains and buses are equipped with wireless internet.

From Lisbon to Évora by train: There are 4 daily trains connecting Lisbon and Évora. The trip takes 1:35 and the price is approximately 12 euros. To go from the airport to the train station "Lisboa-Oriente" from the airport you can take the subway, or a bus, or aeroshuttle (or a taxi - aprox. price: 10). The train timetable is timetable.pdf. For information regarding the train timetables and for buying the ticket on-line please check here.

From Lisbon to Évora by bus: There are 20 daily buses (from 7:00 to 22:00) connecting Lisbon and Évora. The trip takes 1:30 or 1:45 (depending on whether is a non-stop bus or not) and the price is around 12 euros. To go from the airport to the bus station you can take the subway, a bus, aerobus or aeroshuttle (or a taxi aprox. Price: 10) from the airport to the bus-station Sete Rios (tickets, aprox. Price: 3.5). Here is an example of the Buses Timetable in a normal week day (holidays and week-ends have a different timetable).

For updated information regarding the buses timetables and for buying your ticket please check here (the site is available in english and french).

From Lisbon (airport) to Évora by car:

You may rent a car at the airport. Take the highway A1, direction Ponte Vasco da Gama, A12. After crossing the bridge, continue through highway A12. At exit n.7 choose [Espanha/Évora,A6]. Continue through highway A6 [E90] for aprox. 60 km till exit [Évora]. Follow the signs to Évora for another 10 km.

Panels

Panel "Market Delineation with Bundles" (organized by the Association of Competition Economics)
Chair: Kirsten Edwards-Warren (OFT)
Panel Members:
Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics)
Ciara Kalmus (Ofcom)
Jan Krancke (Deutche Telekom)
Matthijs Visser (RBB)

Panel "Access to Content in the Context of Bundled Offers"
Chair: Fátima Barros (ANACOM)
Panel Members:
Geoff Edwards (Charles River Associates)
Daniel Escoda (Telefonica)
Marc Lebourges (Orange)
Elena Zoido (Compass Lexecon)

Workshop venue

CEFAGE-UE

The 4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTs is organized by CEFAGE-UE, a research center created in 2006 with the aim of promoting the production and diffusion of high-quality research in economics and management.

Presently, the research unit of CEFAGE-UE, which is hosted by the University of Evora, has 44 integrated members holding a Ph.D. and 4 members who are currently working towards their PhD.

The research interests of CEFAGE-UEs members cover, among other fields, agricultural economics, econometrics, environmental resources, finance, industrial organization, innovation and entrepreneurship, international economics, labor economics, marketing and consumer behavior, spatial economics and sustainable growth.

For more information on CEFAGE-UE, visit the website http://www.cefage.uevora.pt

University of Evora

The University of Evora is simultaneously an old and a new university. It was founded in 1559 by Cardinal D. Henrique, who handed over to the Company of Jesus. In 1759 - two hundred years after its foundation - the University was closed as a consequence of a royal decree that banished the Jesuits from Portugal. Only in 1973, more than two centuries later, was the University of Evora reconstituted as a public university. It was installed in its original building, the Colegio do Espirito Santo (College of the Holy Spirit), the same building where the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal will take place.

Currently, the University of Evora offers all different levels of undergraduate and graduate studies within a perspective closely tied to scientific research and artistic creation.

For more information on the University of Evora, see the website http://www.uevora.pt.

ANACOM Award

We are pleased to announce that ANACOM, the regulator, supervisor and representative of the communications sector in Portugal, will sponsor the "ANACOM Best Workshop Paper Award" (3500) as well as the "ANACOM Young Researcher Award" (1500), exclusive for researchers below the age of thirty.

In the previous editions of the workshop, the ANACOM Best Workshop Paper Award was attributed to:

2011: "Platform Pricing Structure and Moral Hazard", by Guillaume Rogery (University of New South Wales) and Luís Vasconcelos (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), forthcoming at the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy,

2012: "Multidimensional Product Design", by André Veiga (Toulouse School of Economics) and E. Glen Weyl (University of Chicago).

E-Journal Economics

Contributors to the 4th Workshop on the Economics of ICT's are invited to submit their papers to the open-access E-Journal Economics.

For more details, please see www.economics-ejournal.org