Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Organized by Ajay K. Agrawal, Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Microsoft, and TD Management and Data Analytics Lab
September 19-20, 2024
The St. Regis Toronto, 325 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5H 4G3, Canada
Format: 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussion, and 15 minutes for Q&A.
Thursday, September 19
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm
Introductions
1:00 pm

Online Business Models, Digital Ads, and User Welfare

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Daniel Huttenlocher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asuman Ozdaglar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Siderius, Dartmouth College

Discussant:
Joshua Tucker, New York University
1:45 pm

Automation, Career Values, and Political Preferences

Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Gregor Schubert, University of California, Los Angeles
Bledi Taska, SkyHive
Pinar Yildirim, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Italo Colantone, Bocconi University
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Unpacking the Black Box: Regulating Algorithmic Decisions

Laura Blattner, Stanford University
Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago
Jann Spiess, Stanford University

Discussant:
Hong Luo, University of Toronto
3:30 pm

Regulating an Innovative Industry

Steven Callander, Stanford University
Hongyi Li, University of New South Wales

Discussant:
Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER
4:15 pm
Break
4:30 pm

Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (slides)

Paul Scharre, CNAS

Discussants:
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Pedro Domingos, University of Washington
4:31 pm
Moderator: Janice Stein, University of Toronto
5:30 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Reception and Dinner at The St. Regis Toronto
Friday, September 20
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Keynote: Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Artificial Intelligence, the Economy and Central Banking
9:15 am

Algorithm Design: A Fairness-Accuracy Frontier

Annie Liang, Northwestern University
Jay Lu, University of California, Los Angeles
Xiaosheng Mu, Princeton University
Kyohei Okumura, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Dirk Bergemann, Yale University
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

AI and Nation Building

Bryony Reich, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am

Turning Straw into Gold: Novel Productive Factors and Innovation Under Contested Property Rights

Martin Beraja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Noam Yuchtman, University of Oxford

Discussant:
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn