Thursday, March 2
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Hickory/Hawthorne Rooms
Friday, March 3
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast - Ballroom
Session 1
8:30 am

The Economics of Recommender Systems: Evidence from a Field Experiment on MovieLens

Guy Aridor, Northwestern University
Duarte Gonçalves, University College London
Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Ruoyan Kong, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Daniel Kluver, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Discussant:
Hal R. Varian, Google
9:10 am

Toxic Content and User Engagement on Social Media: Evidence from a Field Experiment

George Beknazar-Yuzbashev, Columbia University
Rafael Jimenez, Bocconi University
Jesse McCrosky, Mozilla Foundation
Mateusz Stalinski, University of Warwick

Discussant:
Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University
9:50 am
Break
Session 2
10:20 am

Coordinated vs Efficient Prices: The Impact of Algorithmic Pricing on Multifamily Rental Markets

Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Gi Heung Kim, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
11:00 am

Dynamic Pricing and Demand Volatility: Evidence from Restaurant Food Delivery

Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia
Dennis Svartbäck, Priceff Ltd
Anders G. Ekholm, University of Helsinki

Discussant:
Kwabena B. Donkor, Stanford University
11:40 am
Lunch
Session 3
1:00 pm

Effective and Scalable Approaches to Facilitate Labor Market Transitions for Women in Technology

Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER
Emil Palikot, Stanford University

Discussant:
Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University
1:40 pm

Technology Adoption and Career Concerns: Evidence from the Adoption of Digital Technology in Motion Pictures

Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER
S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid, Yeshiva University
Grant Goehring, Boston University

Discussant:
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
Session 4
2:40 pm

Limits to Orchestration in Decentralized Platforms: Exploring the Effect of Ethereum’s Transaction Verification Mechanism on dApp Heterogeneity

Hanna Halaburda, New York University
Daniel Obermeier, New York University

Discussant:
Xiang Hui, Washington University in St Louis
3:20 pm

The Value of External Data for Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Search Suggestions

Xiaoxia Lei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yixing Chen, Notre Dame University
Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn