Economics of Data Workshop

Silverman Hall, Room 245A; 401B, 3401 Walnut St.

Co-sponsored by The Warren Center

December 7, 2018 - December 8, 2018

11:15 AM - 4:05 PM

This workshop is devoted to the ways in which data is restructuring existing competitive markets (i.e. by enabling better price discrimination, changing the boundaries of the firm, and creating monopoly power), as well as the design of  ‘data marketplaces.’ It will run over two days. The first day will begin with speakers who will give us a bird’s eye perspective of the role of data. In the second day, leading specialists will focus on particular aspects of the economics of data.

Organized by Annie Liang, Christopher Yoo, Aviv Nevo, Michael Kearns, and Rakesh Vohra.

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Day 1:

11:15 am – 12:15 pm: Michael Schwarz, Corporate Vice President, Chief Economist, Microsoft Corporation

“Some Open Questions about the Value of Data and Simple but Useful Concept of Data Q” SLIDES

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: LUNCH

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: Garrett van Ryzin, Cornell Tech and Head of Marketplace Labs at Lyft

“Data Science and the Transportation Tech Revolution”

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm: Harikesh Nair, Stanford University and Chief Business Strategy Scientist at JD.com

“Data-driven Ad-Tech and Mar-Tech at JD.com”

6:00 pm: Dinner for all the speakers

 

Day 2:

8:30 am – 9:00 am: LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 am – 9:45 am: Munther Dahleh, MIT

“A Marketplace For Data: An Algorithmic Solution” SLIDES

9:55 am – 10:40 am: Sven Seuken, University of Zurich

“The Design of a Combinatorial Data Market” SLIDES

10:50 am – 11:35 am: Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University

“Who Benefits From the Data Economy?”

11:35 am – 12:35 pm: LUNCH

12:35 pm – 1:20 pm: Amit Gandhi, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, formerly Chief Economist Microsoft Cloud

“Economic Priors and Regularization” SLIDES

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Michael Bailey, Facebook

“Social Networks and Economic Decision Making”

2:25 pm – 3:10 pm: Ginger Zhe Jin, Department of Economics, University of Maryland

“The Short Run Effect of GDPR on Technology Venture Investment” SLIDES

3:20 pm – 4:05 pm: Dirk Bergemann, Department of Economics, Yale University

“Markets for Information” SLIDES

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