Economics of Digital Services: A New Initiative to Promote Research on Digital Platforms

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC) and Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences are pleased to announce their new initiative on “The Economics of Digital Services.”  Thanks to the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, this initiative will provide grants to support new research into the impact of data and algorithms and innovative business models on digital platforms.

CTIC and the Warren Center are delighted to bring together a distinguished panel of experts to commemorate the launch of this new endeavor.  They will offer their perspectives on the type of research scholars and enforcement officials need to support good policymaking in this area.

Speakers
Maureen Ohlhausen
Section Chair – Antitrust & Competition Law
Baker Botts
Former Acting Chairman
Federal Trade Commission

Rakesh Vohra
George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor
Co-Director of the Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Yoo
John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science
Founding Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition
University of Pennsylvania

Howard Shelanski
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Former Director of the Bureau of Economics
Federal Trade Commission

Liad Wagman
Professor of Economics
Stuart School of Business
Illinois Institute of Technology
Senior Economic & Technology Advisor
Federal Trade Commission