SI 2019 IT and Digitization
Erik Brynjolfsson, Shane Greenstein, Susan Athey, and Hal R. Varian, Organizers
July 18-19, 2019
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Amazon, and the Tides Foundation
Ballroom
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambr
| Thursday, July 18 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am | Introductions | |||
| 9:10 am |
Estrella Gomez-Herrera, European Commission Frank Mueller-Langer, European Commission Is There a Gender Wage Gap in Online Labor Markets? Evidence from Over 250,000 Projects and 2.5 Million Wage Bill Proposals
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| 9:55 am |
Samuel Goldberg, Stanford University Garrett Johnson, Boston University Scott Shriver, University of Colorado at Boulder Regulating Privacy Online: The Early Impact of the GDPR on European Web Traffic and E-commerce
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| 10:40 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER Guojun He, University of Hong Kong Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER Tong Liu, National University of Singapore Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from Pollution Monitoring in China
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| 11:45 am |
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER Andrey Fradkin, Boston University Bradley Larsen, Washington University in St Louis and NBER Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| Parallel Sessions | ||||
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1:30 pm
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Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute Cirrus Foroughi, Harvard University Who Drives Digital Innovation? Evidence from the U.S. Medical Device Industry
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1:30 pm
Skyline CDE
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Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER Billy A. Ferguson, Stanford University Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER Tobias Schmidt Experienced Segregation
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2:05 pm
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Jay Dixen, Statistics Canada Bryan Hong, New York University Lynn Wu, University of Pennsylvania The Employment Consequences of Robots: Firm-level Evidence
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2:05 pm
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Karsten Müller, National University of Singapore Carlo Schwarz, Bocconi University Fanning the Flames of Hate: Social Media and Hate Crime
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2:40 pm
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Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University and NBER Robert Seamans, New York University Raphael Martins, New York University Complements or Substitutes? Firm Level Management of Labor and Technology
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2:40 pm
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Lukasz Rachel, University College London Leisure-enhancing Technological Change
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| 3:15 pm | Break | |||
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3:30 pm
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Moshe A. Barach, University of Minnesota John Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Joseph Golden, PerfectRec.com Steering in Online Markets: The Role of Platform Incentives and Credibility
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3:30 pm
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Gonzalo Cisternas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alessandro Bonatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Consumer Scores and Price Discrimination
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4:05 pm
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Rodrigo Belo, Nova SBE Ting Li, Erasmus University Referral Programs for Platform Growth: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
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4:05 pm
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Tarun Ramadorai, Imperial College London Antoine Uettwiller, Imperial College London Ansgar Walther, Imperial College London The Market for Data Privacy
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4:40 pm
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Christoph Riedl, Northeastern University Tom Grad, Copenhagen Business School Christopher Lettl, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien Strategic Behavior in Contests with Ability Heterogeneous Agents: Evidence from Field Data
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4:40 pm
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Andrea Mantovani, University of Bologna Claudio A. Piga, University of Genova Carlo Reggiani, University of Manchester Much Ado About Nothing? Online Platform Parity Clauses and the EU Booking.com Case
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| 5:15 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm |
Reception and Dinner at Hotel Marlowe (Serrano Ballroom BC) across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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| Friday, July 19 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| Morning Joint with IO | ||||
| 9:00 am |
Yizhou Jin, University of Toronto Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER Buying Data from Consumers: The Impact of Monitoring Programs in U.S. Auto Insurance
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:20 am |
Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics Digital Dystopia |
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| 11:10 am |
Panel Discussion: Market Power in the Big Data Economy Susan Athey, Stanford University and NBER Dirk Bergemann, Yale University Fiona Scott-Morton, Yale University and NBER Carl Shapiro, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Florian Zettelmeyer Northwestern University and NBER |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Michael Bailey, Facebook Drew M. Johnston, Meta Platforms, Inc Theresa Kuchler, New York University and NBER Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER Arlene Wong, Princeton University Peer Effects in Product Adoption
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| 2:15 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Matthew Backus, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Thomas Blake, Amazon Bradley Larsen, Washington University in St Louis and NBER Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Sequential Bargaining in the Field: Evidence from Millions of Online Bargaining Interactions
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| 3:15 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
Tracy Xiao Liu, Tsinghua University Zhixi Wan, University of Hong Kong Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland The Efficiency of A Dynamic Decentralized Two-sided Matching Market
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Poster Session Yannis Bakos, New York University Hanna Halaburda, New York University Due Diligence and Token Tradability Bo Cowgill, Columbia University The Impact of Algorithms on Judicial Discretion: Evidence from Regression Discontinuities Nirupama Kulkarni, CAFRAL Subrata Kumar Ritadhi, CAFRAL Cash Supply Shock and Formalization -- Evidence from India's Demonetization Episode Michael A. Ribers, University of Copenhagen Hannes Ullrich, DIW Berlin Battling Antibiotic Resistance: Can Machine Learning Improve Prescribing Yangguang Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology A Model of Sales on Online Platforms Timothy J. DeStefano, OECD Richard Kneller, Unversity of Nottingham Jonathan Timmis, University of Nottingham Cloud and Big Data Diffusion: Are Capital Incentives an Incentive? Olga Slivko, Centre for European Economic Research Online "Brain Gain'': Do Immigrants Return Knowledge Home? Anita Rao, University of Chicago Selin Akca, University of Zurich Value of Aggregators Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Dean Alderucci, Carnegie Mellon University Eduard Hovy, Carnegie Mellon University Andrew Runge, Carnegie Mellon University Nikolas Zolas, U.S. Census Bureau Quantifying the Impact of AI on Productivity and Labor Demand: Evidence from U.S. Census Microdata Martin Watzinger, University of Munich The Adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and the Productivity of Small Firms Emilio Calvano, University of Bologna Giacomo Calzolari, European University Institute Vincenzo Denicola, University of Bologna Sergio Pastorello, University of Bologna Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion Marcello Miccoli, Stanford University Cristina Angelico, Bocconi University Juri Marcucci, Bank of Italy Marcello Miccoli, Stanford University Filippo Quarta, Bank of Italy Can We Measure Inflation Expectations Using Twitter? Miguel Godinho de Matos, Catolica Lisbon Idris Adjerid, Virginia Tech Consumer Behavior and Firm Targeting after GDPR: The Case of a Telecom Provider in Europe Shariq Mohammed, University of Michigan Designing for Racial Impartiality: The Impact of Relocating Host Photos on the Airbnb Website Julian Kolev, SMU Wendy A. Bradley, SMU Can Piracy Increase Innovation? The Software Industry's Response to Online File Sharing Klaus Ackermann, Monash University Simon Angus, Monash University Allison Lassiter, University of Pennsylvania Paul Raschky, Monash University Internet and Subnational Economic Growth Worldwide: Evidence from A Spatial RDD Approach Jin-Hyuk Kim, University of Colorado Peter Newberry, Pennsylvania State University Liad Wagman, Illinois Institute of Technology Ran Wolff, Yahoo! Research Local Network Effects in the Adoption of a Digital Platform Alberto G. Rossi, University of Maryland Stephen Utkus, Vanguard The Needs and Wants in Financial Advice: Human versus Robo-Advising Joseba Martinez, London Business School Automation, Growth and Factor Shares Christian Volpe Martincus, Inter-American Development Bank Jeronimo Carballo, University of Colorado Marisol Rodriguez Chatruc, Inter-American Development Bank Information and Exports: Firm-Level Evidence from an Online Business Platform Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University Babur De los Santos, Clemson University Daniel P. O'Brien, Compass Lexecon Agency Pricing and Bargaining: Empirical Evidence from the E-book Market |
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| 5:30 pm | Reception in Ballroom Foyer | |||
| Friday, February 21 | ||||
| 2:30 pm |
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER Andrey Fradkin, Boston University Bradley Larsen, Washington University in St Louis and NBER Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Consumer Protection in an Online World: An Analysis of Occupational Licensing |
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