Digitization Tutorial
Organized by Avi Goldfarb and Catherine Tucker
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
March 30-31, 2022
The Watergate Hotel, Moretti Ballroom, 2650 Virginia Ave NW, Washington, DC
Wednesday, March 30
12:00 n
Lunch - The Backroom at Kingbird
1:00 pm
Introduction to Digital Economics: Avi Goldfarb and Catherine Tucker

(reading)
2:30 pm
Break
3:00pm
Presenter: Judith Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
Product Discovery and Selection
(reading 1)
(reading 2)
(reading 3)
(slides)
4:00 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Presenter: Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Data, AI and the State: Evidence from China
(reading 1)
(reading 2)
(reading 3)
(slides)
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:15 pm
Group Dinner
Sequoia Restaurant
3000 K St NW, Washington, DC
Thursday, March 31
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Presenter: Katja Seim, Yale University and NBER
E-Commerce: Current Research and Areas for Future Exploration
(reading 1)
(reading 2)
(reading 3)
(slides)
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Presenter: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
Regulation of and with Digital Platforms
(reading 1)
(reading 2)
(reading 3)
(reading 4)
(slides)
11:30 am
Wrap-up: Avi Goldfarb and Catherine Tucker (Final Activity)
12:00 n
Adjourn and Lunch - The Backroom at Kingbird
6:30 pm
Group Dinner - Watergate Hotel, The Backroom at Kingbird