Digital Platforms: Competition and Regulation Workshop
Organized by Nancy L. Rose, Carl Shapiro, Michael D. Whinston, and Ali Yurukoglu
December 5, 2024
Hotel Marlowe, Muse Salon, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Thursday, December 5

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

8:45 am

Welcome and Introductions

9:00 am

Vertical Integration and Consumer Choice: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
Andrey Fradkin, Boston University
Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Balancing User Privacy and Personalization

Malika Korganbekova, University of Chicago
Cole Zuber, Kensho Technologies

Discussant:
Nils Wernerfelt, Northwestern University

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

How Do Digital Advertising Auctions Impact Product Prices (slides)

Dirk Bergemann, Yale University
Alessandro Bonatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nicholas T. Wu, Yale University

Discussant:
Laura Doval, Columbia University

12:30 pm

Lunch - Room Alexis A

1:45 pm

Regulating Competing Payment Networks

Lulu Wang, Northwestern University

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Price Controls in a Multi-Sided Market

Michael R. Sullivan, University of Western Ontario

Discussant:
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER

4:00 pm

Break

4:15 pm

Sources of Market Power in Web Search: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Leon Musolff, University of Pennsylvania
Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Benjamin R. Handel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

5:15 pm

Adjourn

5:45 pm

Reception and Dinner - Hotel Marlowe