Digital Economics Research Network Workshop

Hôtel des Colonies, Brussels, Belgium

December 16, 2019

9:00-10:00 Welcome, introduction to the workshop

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-12:00 Short presentations regarding preliminary research

Julia Cagé, Sciences Po, Paris
Information acquisition and political influence

Bruno Julien, Toulouse School of Economics
TBA

Özlem Bedre-Defolie, ESMT, Berlin
Design of digital platforms: Review and rating systems, hybrid business models, and more

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:30 Afternoon session 1

13:00-13:45 Greg Taylor, Oxford University
Data and competition

13:45-14:30 Maximilian Shaefer, DIW, Berlin
The effect of big data on recommendation quality: The example of internet search

14:30-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-16:30 Afternoon session 2

15:00-15:30 Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University
An examination of the cryptocurrency ‘Pump and Dump’ ecosystem

15:30-16:00 Paul Belleflamme, UCLouvain and Emilio Calvano, University of Bologna
Artificial intelligence and pricing

16:00-16:30 Andrea Stazi, Google
TBA

End of workshop