Digitization Tutorial
Organized by Shane Greenstein and Avi Goldfarb
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
February 28 - March 1, 2018
SIEPR, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Wednesday, February 28

12:00 n

Lunch

1:00 pm

Introduction to Digitization Workshop - Avi Goldfarb

2:00 pm

First session - Michael Smith, Carnegie Mellon - (reading 1, reading 2, reading 3) (slides)

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Second session - Judith Chevalier, Yale University and NBER - Syllabus (slides)

5:30 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Group Dinner - Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Thursday, March 1

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Recap of Day 1

9:15 am

Third session - Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER - Syllabus (slides)

10:45 am

Break

11:15 am

Fourth session - Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER - Syllabus

12:45 pm

Lunch

1:45 pm

Student Workshop-meet in groups

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

The Market for Digitization Economists
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
Shane Greenstein, Harvard University and NBER (slides)

5:00 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Group Dinner - MacArthur Park Restaurant, 27 University Avenue Palo Alto