Friday, January 31
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Optimal Urban Transportation Policy: Evidence from Chicago

Milena Almagro, University of Chicago and NBER
Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Felipe Barbieri, University of Pennsylvania
Tobias Salz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Nathaniel Hickok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley
9:55 am

Rebuilding After the Storm: Firm Turnover and Consumer Welfare After Hurricane Harvey

Benjamin Klopack, Texas A&M University
Eric Lewis, Texas A&M University
Fernando Luco, Texas A&M University

Discussant:
Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
11:20 am

Learning Firm Conduct: Pass-Through as a Foundation for Instrument Relevance

Adam Dearing, Cornell University and NBER
Lorenzo Magnolfi, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Daniel Quint, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Christopher J. Sullivan, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sarah B. Waldfogel, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Discussant:
Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Digital Advertising and Market Structure: Implications for Privacy Regulation

Daniel Deisenroth, Meta Platforms, Inc
Utsav Manjeer, Meta Platforms, Inc
Zarak Sohail, University of California, Irvine
Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nils Wernerfelt, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Jean-Pierre H. Dubé, University of Chicago and NBER
2:25 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Endogenous Rigidities and Capital Misallocation: Evidence from Containerships

Nicholas Vreugdenhil, Arizona State University
Nahim B. Zahur, Queen's University
Maria Osipenko, Arizona State University

Discussant:
Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
3:40 pm
Break
4:05 pm

Designing Dynamic Reassignment Mechanisms: Evidence from GP Allocation

Ingrid Huitfeldt, University of Oslo
Victoria Marone, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Daniel C. Waldinger, New York University and NBER

Discussant:
Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:45 pm
Dinner - Il Fornaio Restaurant, 520 Cowper Street (at the Garden Court Hotel) Palo Alto
Saturday, February 1
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Misinformation and Mistrust: The Equilibrium Effects of Fake Reviews on Amazon.com

Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Brett Hollenbeck, University of California, Los Angeles
Zhijian Li, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Jesse M. Shapiro, Harvard University and NBER
9:25 am
Break
9:45 am

What Do News Readers Want?

Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER
Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University
Cameron Pfiffer, Stanford Univesity

Discussant:
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

Randomized Entry

Francis Annan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Anna Vitali, New York University
11:55 am
Lunch and Adjourn