SI 2021 IT and Digitization
Susan Athey, Erik Brynjolfsson, Catherine Tucker, and Hal R. Varian, Organizers
July 22-23, 2021
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Amazon, and the Tides Foundation
on Zoom.us
| Thursday, July 22 | ||||
| First paper is joint with the Industrial Organization Workshop | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER Olivia R. Natan, University of California, Berkeley Hayden Parsley, University of Texas at Austin Timothy Schwieg, University of Chicago Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline
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| Format: 15 minutes for presenters, 15 minutes for discussants, 15 minutes for Q&A | ||||
| 12:00 pm | Welcome | |||
| 12:10 pm |
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER Lena Song, UIUC Digital Addiction |
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Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics Public and Private Spheres, Safe Spaces, and the Authentic Self
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| 1:10 pm | Break | |||
| 1:20 pm |
Jie Bai, Harvard University and NBER Maggie Chen, George Washington University Jin Liu, New York University Xiaosheng Mu, Princeton University Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER Search and Information Friction on Global E-commerce Platforms: Evidence from Ali-Express |
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Laura Blattner, Stanford University Scott T. Nelson, University of Chicago Jann Spiess, Stanford University Unpacking the Black Box: Regulating Algorithmic Lending
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| 2:20 pm | Break | |||
| 2:40 pm |
Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER Kamalini Ramdas, London Business School Alp Sungu, University of Pennsylvania Browsers Don’t Lie? Gender Differences in the Effects of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Digital Activity and Time Use |
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Jeffrey S. McCullough, University of Michigan Kartik K. Ganju, McGill University Chandy Ellimoottil, University of Michigan Does Telemedicine Transcend Disparities or Create a Digital Divide? Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic
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| 3:40 pm | Break | |||
| 3:50 pm | Lightning Talks 1 (5 minute presentations) | |||
| Finance | ||||
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Taha Havakhor, Temple University Mohammad S. Rahman, Purdue University Tianjian Zhang, City University of Hong Kong Chenqi Zhu, University of California at Irvine Tech-Enabled Financial Data Access, Retail Investors, and Gambling-like Behavior in the Stock Market: Evidence from a Natural Experiment |
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Arash Aloosh, Neoma Business School Jiasun Li, George Mason University Direct Evidence of Bitcoin Wash Trading |
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Ankit Kalda, Indiana University Benjamin Loos, University of New South Wales Alessandro Previtero, Indiana University and NBER Andreas Hackethal, Goethe University Frankfurt Smart (Phone)Investing? |
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| Covid | ||||
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Timothy J. DeStefano, Georgetown University Jonathan D. Timmis, World Bank Firm Digital Adoption during COVID-19 |
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| Social Media | ||||
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Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University and NBER Karsten Müller, National University of Singapore Carlo Schwarz, Bocconi University The Effect of Social Media on Elections:Evidence from the United States |
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John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Apostolos Filippas, Fordham University The Production and Consumption of Social Media |
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Marit Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham Toomas Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham Influencer Cartels |
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Heyu Xiong, Case Western Reserve University Aniket Panjwani, Northwestern University Subscription Revenue and Media Content: Evidence from YouTube |
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Uttara Ananthakrishnan, Carnegie Mellon University Davide Proserpio, University of Southern California Siddhartha Sharma, Indiana University I Hear You: Does Quality Improve with Customer Voice? |
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| Platform Design | ||||
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Mohammed Alyakoob, University of Southern California Mohammad S. Rahman, Purdue University Market Design Choices, Racial Discrimination, and Micro-Entrepreneurship in Digital Marketplaces |
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Moshe A. Barach, University of Minnesota Sibo Lu, Upwork Inc. The effects of filtering on search and matching |
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Hsin-Tien Tiffany Tsai, National University of Singapore Nan Chen, National University of Singapore Steering via Algorithmic Recommendations |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn and socializing on Wonder | |||
| Friday, July 23 | ||||
| Platforms Labor Markets | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Ajay K. Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto and NBER Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto and NBER AI Adoption and System-Wide Change |
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| 11:15 am |
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University and NBER Wang Jin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kristina McElheran, University of Toronto The Power of Prediction: Predictive Analytics, Workplace Complementarities, and Business Performance
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| 12:00 n | Break | |||
| 12:10 pm |
Panel: New Methods of Real-Tiime Measurement Hal Varian, Google and University of California at Berkeley (moderator) John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn Nela Richardson, ADP Nicolas Woloszko, OECD |
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| 1:10 pm | Break | |||
| 1:30 PM |
Mischa Fisher, Angi Inc. Peter Q. Blair, Harvard University and NBER Market Equilibrium and Occupational Licensing: Evidence from the Digital Economy |
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Helen (Shuxuan) Zeng, Carnegie Mellon University Brett Danaher, Chapman University Michael D. Smith, Carnegie Mellon University Internet Governance Through Site Shutdowns: the Impact of Shutting Down Two Major Commercial Sex Advertising Sites
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 2:40 pm |
Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern University and NBER Michal Zator, University of Notre Dame Robots and Firm Investment |
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James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER Automation and the Future of Young Workers: Evidence from Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century
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| 3:40 pm | Lightning Talks 2 (5 minute presentations) | |||
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Andrey Fradkin, Boston University Monica D. Bhole, Facebook John J. Horton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Information About Vacancy Competition Redirects Job Search |
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Alan P. Kwan, Hong Kong University Measuring Remote Knowledge Work Using Big Data |
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James Bessen, Boston University Chen Meng, Kean University Erich Denk, Boston University Firm Differences: Skill Sorting and Software |
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Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER Measuring Labor Demand for Workers with a Criminal Conviction |
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Xiaomeng Chen, University of Pittsburgh Chris Forman, Cornell University Michael Kummer, University of East Anglia Chat More and Contribute Better: An Empirical Study of a Knowledge-Sharing Community |
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Jason A. Sockin, University of Pennsylvania Aaron Sojourner, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research What's the Inside Scoop? Challenges in the Supply and Demand for Information about Job Attributes |
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| Digitization in Different Markets | ||||
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Yizhou Jin, University of Toronto Thomas Yu, Yale University How to Prevent Traffic Accidents Moral Hazard, Inattention, and Behavioral Data |
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Robyn Meeks, Duke University Arstan Omuraliev, Kyrgyz State Technical University Ruslan Isaev, Kyrgyz State Technical University Zhenxuan Wang, North Carolina State University Smart Meters and the Benefits from Electricity Quality Improvements |
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Felipe H. Arteaga Ossa, University of California at Berkeley Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice |
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| Economic Outcomes and Geography | ||||
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Martin Quinn, Erasmus University Rotterdam Miguel Godinho de Matos, Catolica Lisbon School of Business & Economics Christian Peukert, HEC Lausanne The Economic Effects of Mobile Internet Access - Evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home. |
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Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania The Distributional Impact of the Sharing Economy on the Housing Market |
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Xian Jiang, University of California, Davis Information and Communication Technology and Firm Geographic Expansion |
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| 4:35 pm | Adjourn | |||