Economics of Digitization
Organized by Shane Greenstein, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
March 1-2, 2018
SIEPR, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Thursday, March 1
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - MacArthur Park Restaurant, 27 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Friday, March 2
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Introduction
9:10 am

It was Fifty Years Ago Today: Recording Copyright Term and the Supply of Music (slides)

Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER
Jeremy Watson, University of Minnesota
John McKeon, Boston University

Discussant:
Ben Shiller, Brandeis University

Digital Disintermediation and the Market for Ideas

Christian W. Peukert, HEC Lausanne
Imke C. Reimers, Cornell University

Discussant:
Matthijs Wildenbeest, University of Arizona
10:40 am
Break

Advertising Strategy in the Presence of Reviews: an Empirical Analysis

Brett W. Hollenbeck, University of California, Los Angeles
Davide Proserpio, University of Southern California
Sridhar Moorthy, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
11:55 am

Consumer Reviews and Regulation: Evidence from NYC Restaurants

Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
Georgios Zervas, Boston University

Discussant:
Dina Mayzlin, University of Southern California
12:40 pm
Lunch
1:40 pm

Behavior Revealed in Mobile Phone Usage Predicts Loan Repayment

Daniel Bjorkegren, Columbia University

Discussant:
Zoë B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
2:25 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Digital Innovation in a Regulated Industry: Evidence from Software-Driven Medical Devices (slides)

Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute
Cirrus Foroughi, Harvard University

Discussant:
Sridhar Moorthy, University of Toronto
3:25 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Science is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence From a Randomized Control Trial

Neil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Douglas Hanley, University of Pittsburgh

Research as Leisure: Experimental Evidence on Voluntary Contributions to Science

Elizabeth Lyons, University of California, San Diego
Laurina Zhang, Boston University

Information Shocks and Internet Silos: Evidence from Creationist Friendly Curriculum

Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University
Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn