Erik Brynjolfsson, Shane Greenstein, Susan Athey, and Hal R. Varian, Organizers
| Thursday, July 16 |
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11:00 am
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Digitization and Pre-Purchase Information: The Causal and Welfare Impacts of Reviews and Crowd Ratings
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Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University and NBER |
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11:40 am
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The Value of Competitor Information: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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Alan T. Sorensen, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER (slides) |
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12:20 pm
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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
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Session on New Data
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Advanced Technologies Adoption and Use by U.S. Firms: Evidence from the Annual Business Survey (slides)
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Measuring the Pace of Innovation: Evidence from Algorithms
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Measuring Automation in Aggregate Data (slides)
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2:00 pm
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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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The Role of Social Capital in the U.S. Economy: Evidence from Employee-Level Professional Connections from LinkedIn
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Prasanna Tambe, University of Pennsylvania |
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2:15 pm
Session B
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The Pirate Bay & Box Office Buccaneers (slides)
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Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University |
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2:45 pm
Session A
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Automatic Reaction: What Happens to Workers at Firms that Automate?
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Robert Seamans, New York University |
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2:45 pm
Session B
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Multi-Sided Platform Strategy, Taxation, and Regulation: A Quantitative Model and Application to Facebook
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Andrey Fradkin, Boston University |
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3:15 pm
Session A
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Squeezing Space: ICT and Capital-Biased Technical Change (slides)
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Chris Forman, Cornell University |
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3:15 pm
Session B
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Estimating the Impact of Airbnb on the Local Economy: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry
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Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER |
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3:45 pm
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Digitization Salon - Community whine and cheers
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4:45 pm
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Adjourn
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| Friday, July 17 |
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11:00 am
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Social Media, News Consumption, and Polarization: Evidence from a Field Experiment (slides)
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Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER |
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11:40 am
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The Value of Information in Competitive Markets: The Impact of Big Data on Small and Medium Enterprises (slides)
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Kristina McElheran, University of Toronto (slides) |
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Privacy Policy
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12:20 pm
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Privacy & Market Concentration: Intended & Unintended Consequences of the GDPR (slides)
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12:50 pm
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European Privacy Law and Global Markets for Data
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Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER |
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1:20 pm
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The Value of Privacy...7 minutes each followed by Q&A
Moderator: Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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Valuing Intrinsic and Instrumental Preferences for Privacy (slides)
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How Much is Privacy Worth Around the World and Across Platforms?
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The Value of Privacy: Evidence from Online Borrowers
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2:20 pm
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Lightning Talks…4 minutes each
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Who Benefits from Surge Pricing?
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Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in America
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Quality Competition at the Competitive Margin in US Residential Broadband Markets (slides)
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Do Workers Discriminate against their Outgroup Employers? Evidence from the Gig Economy
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How Does A Firm Adapt in A Changing World? The Case of Prosper Marketplace (slides)
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Getting On The Map: The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance
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Merger Analysis in the App Economy: An Empirical Model of Ad-Sponsored Media (slides)
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The Effect of Online Shopping on the Healthfulness of Grocery Purchases (slides)
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Local News, UGC and Professionals: Evidence from Citizen Journalism
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Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Returns to Scale Using a Digital Platform Merger
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Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market
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Hiring as Exploration (slides)
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Smart Contracts, IoT Sensors, and Efficiency: Automated Execution vs. Better Information
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3:15 pm
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Adjourn
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3:30 pm
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Digitization Salon - Community whine and cheers
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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