Economics of Digitization
Organized by Joel Waldfogel, Michael Luca, and Shane Greenstein
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
March 6, 2020
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Oberndorf Room, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA
Thursday, March 5
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - MacArthur Park Restaurant, 27 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Friday, March 6
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Introductions
9:10 am

Suppliers and Demanders of Flexibility: the Demographics of Gig Work

M. Keith Chen, University of California, Los Angeles
Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
Peter E. Rossi, University of California, Los Angeles
Lindsey Currier, Harvard University

Discussant:
Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER

Population-Level Evidence of the Gender Gap in Technology Entrepreneurship

Milan Miric, University of Southern California
Pai-Ling Yin, Amazon, Inc.

Discussant:
Clémentine Van Effenterre, University of Toronto
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

The Editor vs. the Algorithm: Returns to Data and Externalities in Online News

Joerg Claussen, University of Munich
Christian W. Peukert, HEC Lausanne
Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Hal R. Varian, Google

Competition in Pricing Algorithms

Zach Y. Brown, University of Michigan and NBER
Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Emilio Calvano, LUISS University
12:40 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Panel:
Information, Misinformation, and Censorship: How the Internet is Reshaping Democratic Beliefs and Outcomes
Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Matt Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Pinar Yildirim, University of Pennsylvania
David Yang, Harvard University
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

What Drives Extremity Bias in Online Reviews? Theory and Experimental Evidence

Leif Brandes, University of Lucerne
David Godes, University of Maryland, College Park
Dina Mayzlin, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Maryam Saeedi, Carnegie Mellon University

Verifying Identity as a Social Intersection

Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research
Matthew Jackson, Stanford University
Glen Weyl, Microsoft

Discussant:
Hanna Halaburda, New York University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Shared Prosperity (or Lack Thereof) in the Sharing Economy

Mohammed Alyakoob, University of Southern California
Mohammad S. Rahman, Purdue University

Discussant:
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn