SI 2023 Digital Economics and Artificial Intelligence

Erik Brynjolfsson, Avi Goldfarb, and Catherine Tucker, Organizers

July 19-21, 2023

Ballroom A

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 19
Afternoon joint with Entrepreneurship and Innovation Groups
1:30 pm

The Welfare Effects of Gender-Inclusive Intellectual Property Creation: Evidence from Books
Discussant: Rembrand M. Koning, Harvard University
2:30 pm

From Predictive Algorithms to Automatic Generation of Anomalies
Discussant: Colin Camerer, California Institute of Technology
3:10 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Distorted Innovation: Does the Market Get the Direction of Technology Right?
Discussant: Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University and NBER
4:20 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 20
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:50 am
Introductions
9:00 am

Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI
Discussant: Alexey Makarin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:40 am

Mobile Money, Interoperability and Financial Inclusion
Discussant: Tania Babina, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Algorithmic Bilinguals
Discussant: Anna M. Salomons, Tilburg University
11:20 am

Combining Human Expertise with Artificial Intelligence: Experimental Evidence from Radiology
Discussant: Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Lightning Round Papers (5 minutes per paper)

Experimental Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Algorithmic Writing Assistance on Jobseekers’ Resumes Increases Hires

Artificial Intelligence and Debt Collection: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Artificial Intelligence and Information Production in Selection Markets: Experimental Evidence from Insurance Intermediation

Price Controls in a Multi-Sided Market

The Role of Advertisers and Platforms in Monetizing Misinformation: Descriptive and Experimental Evidence

The Spread of (Mis)information: A Social Media Experiment in Pakistan

Algorithmic Policing

Choice Architecture, Privacy Valuations, and Selection Bias in Consumer Data
1:50 pm
Break
2:10 pm

A Model of the Data Economy
Discussant: Anastassia Fedyk, University of California, Berkeley
2:50 pm

Estimating the Value of Offsite Data to Advertisers on Meta
Discussant: Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:50 pm

Platform Search Design and Market Power
Discussant: Olivia R. Natan, University of California, Berkeley
4:30 pm

Anonymity and Identity Online: An Empirical Study
5:10 pm
Adjourn
6:30 PM
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta (Parkview Room)
Friday, July 21
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Industrial Organization
8:30 am

Advertising as Coordination: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Discussant: Sarah Moshary, University of California, Berkeley
9:30 am

Pricing and Efficiency in a Decentralized Ride-Hailing Platform
Discussant: Nicholas Buchholz, Princeton University
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Data, Privacy Laws and Firm Production: Evidence from GDPR
Discussant: Garrett Johnson, Boston University
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn