Economics of Digitization
Organized by Avi Goldfarb, Chiara Farronato, and Catherine Tucker
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
March 19, 2021
on Zoom.us
Friday, March 19
11:00 am

GDPR and the Lost Generation of Innovative Apps

Rebecca Janßen, ZEW Mannheim
Reinhold Kesler, University of Zurich
Michael Kummer, Nova School of Business & Economics (Nova SBE)
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER

Discussant:
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University
11:40 am

Misconduct and Reputation under Imperfect Information

Francis Annan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:20 pm
Breakout Rooms
12:35 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Shocks and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Electronic Payment Systems

Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER
Apoorv Gupta, Dartmouth College
Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Daniel Björkegren, Columbia University
1:30 pm

Advertising Effects in Equilibrium

Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Hal R. Varian, Google
2:10 pm
Breakout Rooms
2:25 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Personal Social Networks, Technology Skills, and Workers’ Digital Resilience

Gordon Burtch, Boston University
Miguel Godinho de Matos, Catholic University of Portugal
Francisco Lima, Universidade de Lisboa

Discussant:
Prasanna Tambe, University of Pennsylvania
3:20 pm

The Pricing Strategies of Online Grocery Retailers

Diego Aparicio, University of Navarra
Zachary Metzman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roberto Rigobon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:15 pm
Adjourn