SI 2020 IT and Digitization
Erik Brynjolfsson, Shane Greenstein, Susan Athey, and Hal R. Varian, Organizers
July 16-17, 2020
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Amazon, and the Tides Foundation
on Zoom.us
| Thursday, July 16 | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Imke C. Reimers, Cornell University Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota and NBER Digitization and Pre-Purchase Information: The Causal and Welfare Impacts of Reviews and Crowd Ratings
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| 11:40 am |
Hyunjin Kim, INSEAD The Value of Competitor Information: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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| 12:20 pm |
Panel: Covid and Digitization Moderator: Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Panelists: John Friedman, Brown University and NBER Joshua Gans, University of Toronto and NBER Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER |
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| 1:10 pm | Session on New Data | |||
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Nikolas Zolas, U.S. Department of State Zachary Kroff, U.S. Census Bureau Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Kristina McElheran, University of Toronto David N. Beede, U.S. Census Bureau Cathy Buffington, U.S. Census Bureau Nathan Goldschlag, U.S. Census Bureau Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau Emin Dinlersoz, U.S. Census Bureau Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey |
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Yash Sherry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Neil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Measuring the Pace of Innovation: Evidence from Algorithms |
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Joseba Martinez, London Business School Johan Moen-Vorum, London Business School Measuring Automation in Aggregate Data |
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
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Parallel Sessions, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Session A - ICT and Labor Session B: - Digital Media and Policy |
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2:15 pm
Session A
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Shelley Xin Li, University of Southern California Frank Nagle, Harvard University Aner Zhou, University of Southern California The Role of Social Capital in the U.S. Economy: Evidence from Employee-Level Professional Connections from LinkedIn
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2:15 pm
Session B
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Klaus Ackermann, Monash University Wendy A. Bradley, Southern Methodist University Jack F. Cameron, Monash University The Pirate Bay & Box Office Buccaneers
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2:45 pm
Session A
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James Bessen, Boston University Maarten Goos, Utrecht University Anna M. Salomons, Utrecht University Wiljan van den Berge, Utrecht University Automatic Reaction: What Happens to Workers at Firms that Automate?
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2:45 pm
Session B
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Seth G. Benzell, Chapman University Avinash Collis, Carnegie Mellon University Multi-Sided Platform Strategy, Taxation, and Regulation: A Quantitative Model and Application to Facebook
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3:15 pm
Session A
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Timothy J. DeStefano, Georgetown University Richard Kneller, University of Nottingham Jonathan D. Timmis, World Bank Squeezing Space: ICT and Capital-Biased Technical Change
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3:15 pm
Session B
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Suman Basuroy, University of Texas Yongseok Kim, University of Texas at San Antonio Davide Proserpio, University of Southern California Estimating the Impact of Airbnb on the Local Economy: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry
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| 3:45 pm | Digitization Salon - Community whine and cheers | |||
| 4:45 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Friday, July 17 | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Roee Levy, Tel Aviv University Social Media, News Consumption, and Polarization: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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| 11:40 am |
Jose Galdon-Sanchez, Universidad Publica de Navarra Ricard Gil, IESE Business School Guillermo Uriz-Uharte, University College London The Value of Information in Competitive Markets: The Impact of Big Data on Small and Medium Enterprises
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| Privacy Policy | ||||
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Garrett Johnson, Boston University Scott Shriver, University of Colorado at Boulder Samuel Goldberg, Stanford University Privacy & Market Concentration: Intended & Unintended Consequences of the GDPR |
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Christian W. Peukert, HEC Lausanne Stefan Bechtold, ETH Zurich Michail Batikas, Nova School of Business and Economics Tobias Kretschmer, LMU Munich European Privacy Law and Global Markets for Data
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| 1:20 pm |
The Value of Privacy...7 minutes each followed by Q&A Moderator: Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Tesary Lin, Boston University Valuing Intrinsic and Instrumental Preferences for Privacy |
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Jeffrey Prince, Indiana University Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute How Much is Privacy Worth Around the World and Across Platforms? |
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Huan Tang, University of Pennsylvania The Value of Privacy: Evidence from Online Borrowers |
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| 2:20 pm | Lightning Talks…4 minutes each | |||
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Juan Camilo Castillo, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Who Benefits from Surge Pricing? |
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Sharique Hasan, Duke University Rembrand M. Koning, Harvard University Ines Black, Duke University Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in America |
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Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas at Austin Pablo I. Varas, University of Texas at Austin Quality Competition at the Competitive Margin in US Residential Broadband Markets |
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Sher Afghan Asad, Lahore University of Management Sciences Ritwik Banerjee, IIM Bangalore Joydeep Bhattacharya, Iowa State University Do Workers Discriminate against their Outgroup Employers? Evidence from the Gig Economy |
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Xinlong Li, Nanyang Technological University Andrew Ching, Johns Hopkins University How Does A Firm Adapt in A Changing World? The Case of Prosper Marketplace |
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Michael Luca, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Gauri Subramani, Lehigh University Getting On The Map: The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance |
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Kohei Kawaguchi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Toshifumi Kuroda, Tokyo Keizai University Susumu Sato, Hitotsubashi University Merger Analysis in the App Economy: An Empirical Model of Ad-Sponsored Media |
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Katherine A. Harris-Lagoudakis, Iowa State University The Effect of Online Shopping on the Healthfulness of Grocery Purchases |
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Ananya Sen, Carnegie Mellon University Joerg Claussen, University of Munich Pedro Ferreira, Carnegie Mellon University Local News, UGC and Professionals: Evidence from Citizen Journalism |
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Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER Jessica Y. Fong, University of Michigan Andrey Fradkin, Boston University Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Returns to Scale Using a Digital Platform Merger |
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Stephanie Assad, Queen's University Robert Clark, Queen's University Daniel Ershov, Toulouse School of Economics Lei Xu, Bank of Canada Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market |
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Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Lindsey R. Raymond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter Bergman, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Hiring as Exploration |
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Hanna Halaburda, New York University Yannis Bakos, New York University Smart Contracts, IoT Sensors, and Efficiency: Automated Execution vs. Better Information |
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| 3:15 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 3:30 pm | Digitization Salon - Community whine and cheers | |||
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||