Thursday, July 22
First paper is joint with the Industrial Organization Workshop
11:00 am

Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline

Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Olivia R. Natan, University of California, Berkeley
Hayden Parsley, University of Texas at Austin
Timothy Schwieg, University of Chicago
Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Format: 15 minutes for presenters, 15 minutes for discussants, 15 minutes for Q&A
12:00 pm
Welcome
12:10 pm

Digital Addiction

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Lena Song, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Public and Private Spheres, Safe Spaces, and the Authentic Self (slides)

Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics

Discussant:
Glen Weyl, Microsoft
1:10 pm
Break
1:20 pm

Search and Information Friction on Global E-commerce Platforms: Evidence from Ali-Express

Jie Bai, Harvard University and NBER
Maggie Chen, The George Washington University
Jin Liu, New York University
Xiaosheng Mu, Princeton University
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

Unpacking the Black Box: Regulating Algorithmic Lending

Laura Blattner, Stanford University
Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago
Jann Spiess, Stanford University

Discussant:
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:20 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Browsers Don’t Lie? Gender Differences in the Effects of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Digital Activity and Time Use

Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER
Kamalini Ramdas, London Business School
Alp Sungu, University of Pennsylvania

Does Telemedicine Transcend Disparities or Create a Digital Divide? Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jeffrey S. McCullough, University of Michigan
Kartik K. Ganju, McGill University
Chandy Ellimoottil, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Jeffrey Prince, Indiana University
3:40 pm
Break
3:50 pm
Lightning Talks 1 (5 minute presentations)
Finance

Tech-Enabled Financial Data Access, Retail Investors, and Gambling-like Behavior in the Stock Market: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Taha Havakhor, Temple University
Mohammad S. Rahman, Purdue University
Tianjian Zhang, City University of Hong Kong
Chenqi Zhu, University of California at Irvine

Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading (slides)

Arash Aloosh, Neoma Business School
Jiasun Li, George Mason University

Smart (Phone)Investing?

Ankit Kalda, Indiana University
Benjamin Loos, University of New South Wales
Alessandro Previtero, Indiana University and NBER
Andreas Hackethal, Goethe University Frankfurt
Covid

Firm Digital Adoption during COVID-19

Timothy J. DeStefano, Georgetown University
Jonathan D. Timmis, World Bank
Social Media

The Effect of Social Media on Elections:Evidence from the United States

Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University and NBER
Karsten Müller, National University of Singapore
Carlo Schwarz, Bocconi University

The Production and Consumption of Social Media

John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Apostolos Filippas, Fordham University

Influencer Cartels

Marit Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham
Toomas Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham

Subscription Revenue and Media Content: Evidence from YouTube

Heyu Xiong, Case Western Reserve University
Aniket Panjwani, Northwestern University

I Hear You: Does Quality Improve with Customer Voice?

Uttara Ananthakrishnan, Carnegie Mellon University
Davide Proserpio, University of Southern California
Siddhartha Sharma, Indiana University
Platform Design

Market Design Choices, Racial Discrimination, and Micro-Entrepreneurship in Digital Marketplaces

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

The effects of filtering on search and matching (slides)

Moshe A. Barach, University of Minnesota
Sibo Lu, Upwork Inc.

Steering via Algorithmic Recommendations

Hsin-Tien Tiffany Tsai, National University of Singapore
Nan Chen, National University of Singapore
5:00 pm
Adjourn and socializing on Wonder
Friday, July 23
Platforms Labor Markets
11:00 am

AI Adoption and System-Wide Change

Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER
Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER
Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER
11:15 am

The Power of Prediction: Predictive Analytics, Workplace Complementarities, and Business Performance (slides)

Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER
Wang Jin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kristina McElheran, University of Toronto

Discussant:
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 n
Break
12:10 pm
Panel: New Methods of Real-Tiime Measurement
Hal Varian, Google and University of California at Berkeley (moderator)
John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn
Nela Richardson, ADP
Nicolas Woloszko, OECD
1:10 pm
Break
1:30 PM

Market Equilibrium and Occupational Licensing: Evidence from the Digital Economy

Mischa Fisher, Angi Inc.
Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER

Internet Governance Through Site Shutdowns: the Impact of Shutting Down Two Major Commercial Sex Advertising Sites

Helen (Shuxuan) Zeng, Carnegie Mellon University
Brett Danaher, Chapman University
Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Robots and Firm Investment

Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern University and NBER
Michal Zator, University of Notre Dame

Automation and the Future of Young Workers: Evidence from Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century

James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:40 pm
Lightning Talks 2 (5 minute presentations)

Information About Vacancy Competition Redirects Job Search

Andrey Fradkin, Boston University
Monica D. Bhole, Facebook
John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Measuring Remote Knowledge Work Using Big Data

Alan P. Kwan, Hong Kong University

Firm Differences: Skill Sorting and Software

James Bessen, Boston University
Chen Meng, Kean University
Erich Denk, Boston University

Measuring Labor Demand for Workers with a Criminal Conviction

Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER

Chat More and Contribute Better: An Empirical Study of a Knowledge-Sharing Community

Xiaomeng Chen, University of Pittsburgh
Chris Forman, Cornell University
Michael Kummer, UNL NovaSchool of Business and Economics

What's the Inside Scoop? Challenges in the Supply and Demand for Information about Job Attributes

Jason A. Sockin, Cornell University
Aaron Sojourner, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Digitization in Different Markets

How to Prevent Traffic Accidents Moral Hazard, Inattention, and Behavioral Data

Yizhou Jin, University of Toronto
Thomas Yu, Yale University

Smart Meters and the Benefits from Electricity Quality Improvements

Robyn Meeks, Duke University
Arstan Omuraliev, Kyrgyz State Technical University
Ruslan Isaev, Kyrgyz State Technical University
Zhenxuan Wang, North Carolina State University

Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice (slides)

Felipe H. Arteaga Ossa, University of California at Berkeley
Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER
Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER
Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER
Economic Outcomes and Geography

The Economic Effects of Mobile Internet Access - Evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home. (slides)

Martin Quinn, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Miguel Godinho de Matos, Catolica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
Christian Peukert, HEC Lausanne

The Distributional Impact of the Sharing Economy on the Housing Market (slides)

Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania

Information and Communication Technology and Firm Geographic Expansion (slides)

Xian Jiang, University of California, Davis
4:35 pm
Adjourn