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SI 2025 Digital Economics and Artificial Intelligence
Organized by Erik Brynjolfsson, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation July 16-18, 2025 Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA Format: 20 minutes speaker/10 minutes discussant/10 minutes Q & A |
| Wednesday, July 16 | |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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Afternoon Joint Session with Innovation Group |
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| 1:30 pm |
New Technology Sectoral Disruptions
Discussant:
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER |
| 2:20 pm |
Generative AI in Equilibrium: Evidence From a Creative Goods Marketplace
Discussant:
Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER |
| 3:10 pm |
Break
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| 3:30 pm |
Conversations at Scale: Robust AI-led Interviews with a Simple Open-Source Platform
Discussant:
John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
| 4:20 pm |
Adjourn
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| Thursday, July 17 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
Introductions
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| 9:10 am |
Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects
Discussant:
Lindsey Raymond, Microsoft Research |
| 9:50 am |
Could AI Leapfrog the Web? Evidence from Teachers in Sierra Leone
Discussant:
Sonia Jaffe, Microsoft Research |
| 10:30 am |
Break
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| 11:00 am |
Designing Human-AI Collaboration: A Sufficient-Statistic Approach
Discussant:
Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER |
| 11:40 am |
Smiles in Profiles: Improving Efficiency While Reducing Disparities in Online Marketplaces
Discussant:
Michael Luca, Johns Hopkins University and NBER |
| 12:20 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
Keynote: |
| 2:00 pm |
Which Economic Tasks are Performed with AI? Evidence from Millions of Claude Conversations
Discussant:
Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University |
| 2:40 pm |
Break
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| 3:00 pm |
The Rise of Industrial AI in America: Microfoundations of the Productivity J-Curve(s)
Discussant:
Robert Seamans, New York University |
| 3:40 pm |
Break
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| 4:00 pm |
Lightning Rounds |
| 4:00 pm |
Cross-Product Compatibility, Lock-In, and Market Power: The Case of Smartphones and Laptops |
| 4:06 pm |
Algorithmic Design for Shipping Efficiency: Lessons from Field Experiments |
| 4:13 pm |
AI-Enabled Job Markets & Market Participation: Jobseekers' "Rational Expectations" About Competition vs "AI Aversion" |
| 4:20 pm |
Let it Ride! An Empirical Investigation of Problem Gambling and the Implications of Legalized Online Sports Betting |
| 4:26 pm |
Digital News Consumption: Evidence from Smartphone Content in the 2024 U.S. Elections |
| 4:32 pm |
Worker Welfare in the Gig Economy |
| 4:39 pm |
Hate in the Time of Algorithms: Evidence on Online Behavior from a Large-Scale Experiment |
| 4:45 pm |
Spoken Language Barriers in AI-Assisted Programming: Evidence from a Field Experiment |
| 4:53 pm |
Social Media and Well-Being: Impact of TikTok on Screentime and Sleep Patterns |
| 5:00 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:30 pm |
Reception & Dinner - Riverfront Room
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| Friday, July 18 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
The Effects of Digital Surveillance and Managerial Clarity on Performance |
| 9:40 am |
Break
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| 10:00 am |
Rising Stars
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| 10:00 am |
Exclusive Contracts in the Video Streaming Market |
| 10:20 am |
How Do Past Privacy Choices Shape the Future? |
| 10:40 am |
Encouraging Online Knowledge Contributions: Evidence from a Field Experiment |
| 11:10 am |
Break
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Joint Session with Industrial Organization |
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| 11:40 am |
Algorithmic Pricing, Price Wars and Tacit Collusion: Evidence from E-Commerce
Discussant:
Zach Y. Brown, University of Michigan and NBER |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 2:00 pm |
Pharmaceuticals and Digital Health: How Data-driven Insights May Reshape the Insulin Market
Discussant:
Jihye Jeon, Boston University |
| 2:50 pm |
Break
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| 3:20 pm |
Vertical Integration and Consumer Choice: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Discussant:
Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission |
| 4:10 pm |
Adjourn
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