Economics of Digitization

Avi Goldfarb, Chiara Farronato, and Catherine Tucker, Organizers

March 19, 2021

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Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 19
11:00 am
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

GDPR and the Lost Generation of Innovative Apps
Discussant: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University
11:40 am
Francis Annan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Misconduct and Reputation under Imperfect Information
Discussant: Tavneet Suri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:20 pm
Breakout Rooms
12:35 pm
Break
12:50 pm
Filippo Mezzanotti, Northwestern University and NBER
Apoorv Gupta, Dartmouth College
Nicolas Crouzet, Northwestern University

Shocks and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Electronic Payment Systems
Discussant: Daniel Björkegren, Columbia University
1:30 pm
Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley

Advertising Effects in Equilibrium
Discussant: Hal R. Varian, Google
2:10 pm
Breakout Rooms
2:25 pm
Break
2:40 pm
Gordon Burtch, Boston University
Miguel Godinho de Matos, Catolica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
Francisco Lima, Universidade de Lisboa

Personal Social Networks, Technology Skills, and Workers’ Digital Resilience
Discussant: Prasanna Tambe, University of Pennsylvania
3:20 pm
Diego Aparicio, University of Navarra
Zachary Metzman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roberto Rigobon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

The Pricing Strategies of Online Grocery Retailers
Discussant: Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:15 pm
Adjourn