Economics of Digitization
Understanding the economic implications of the world’s transition to an ‘always on’, omnipresent and increasingly interconnected digital future is the goal of the digitization area. Digitization, the process of turning data into computer-friendly formats, has deepened existing research agendas and opened up new research avenues through the collection and dissemination of new kinds of data at an unprecedented rate. Understanding how these new sources of data and associated advances in algorithmic data analysis influence public policy, firm behavior and consumer welfare across a variety of settings is at the heart of the digitization area. The annual conference brings together researchers across a variety of economic disciplines from all over the world to foster the discovery and diffusion of specialist knowledge.
“Understanding how new sources of data and associated advances in algorithmic data analysis influence public policy, firm behavior, and consumer welfare across a variety of settings is at the heart of the digitization area.”
Professor Stephen P. Ryan, Area Director Economics of Digitization
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Area Director
Stephen P. Ryan is a Professor of Economics at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also a research associate at the NBER and CESifo. Ryan was awarded his PhD at Duke University and was an assistant professor at MIT and an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin before moving to Olin in 2016. His research interests are in industrial organization, environmental economics, development economics, health economics, and applied microeconometrics, often using big data. He also serves as the co-editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization.
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Area Members
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CESifo Research Network FellowStockholm University
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNorthwestern University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA)
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Edinburgh
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité catholique de Louvain
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CESifo Research Network FellowDeutsche Bundesbank
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CESifo Research Network FellowYale University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Oslo
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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CESifo Research Network FellowColumbia University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, Davis
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateCornell University
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CESifo Research Network FellowTélécom Paris
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of St.Gallen
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversitat de Barcelona
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CESifo Research Network FellowJohns Hopkins University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateCSIL
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStockholm School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Toronto
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CESifo Research Network FellowIndiana University
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CESifo Research Network FellowMichigan State University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUtrecht University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateColumbia University
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowÉcole d'Économie de Paris
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Warwick
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Würzburg
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateColumbia Business School
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CESifo Research Network FellowNational University of Singapore
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CESifo Research Network FellowDIW Berlin
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CESifo Research Network FellowMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network FellowMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Surrey
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CESifo Research Network Fellowifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Michigan
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Chicago
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Vienna
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité de Liège
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowStanford University
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CESifo Research Network FellowRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
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CESifo Research Network FellowQueen’s University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of St.Gallen
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateKiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Udine
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Cape Town
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversité du Luxembourg
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateNYU Stern
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowMax-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb
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CESifo Research Network FellowHeinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
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CESifo Research Network FellowSciences Po
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network FellowMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network FellowTU Dresden
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateMIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateWashington University in St. Louis
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateCopenhagen Business School
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversitat de Barcelona
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowNHH Norwegian School of Economics
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CESifo Research Network FellowTilburg University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Chicago
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Toronto
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateGeorgia Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTilburg University
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversität Dortmund
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateCornell University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBI Norwegian Business School
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, San Diego
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità degli Studi di Padova
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateOtto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateHeinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Southern California
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Michigan
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Toronto
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Texas at Austin
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Chicago
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CESifo Research Network FellowTechnical University of Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowVU University Amsterdam
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CESifo Research Network FellowNYU Stern
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateKU Leuven
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Virginia
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateStevens Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBrigham Young University
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Mannheim
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CESifo Research Network FellowResearch Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateMIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversité de Lausanne
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bonn
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CESifo Research Network FellowFrankfurt School of Finance & Management
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversité de Cergy-Pontoise
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe London School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversità degli Studi di Torino
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTélécom Paris
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CESifo Research Network FellowWashington University in St. Louis
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversitat de Barcelona
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Vienna
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Copenhagen
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateGerman Youth Institute (DJI)
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CESifo Research Network FellowYale School of Management
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CESifo Research Network FellowImperial College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowYale School of Management
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTilburg University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBrandeis University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateBank for International Settlements
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CESifo Research Network FellowPurdue University, Krannert School of Management
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversità degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Hamburg
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Mannheim
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CESifo Research Network FellowHarvard University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateFreie Universität Berlin
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateSwiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
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CESifo Research Network FellowHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Chicago
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of California, Berkeley
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowLondon School of Economics and Political Science
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateThe World Bank
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
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CESifo Research Network FellowMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateDIW Berlin
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CESifo Research Network Fellow
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTechnische Universität Dresden
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CESifo Research Network FellowImperial College London
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Bristol
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateImperial College
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CESifo Research Network FellowTélécom Paris
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CESifo Research Network FellowUniversity of Minnesota
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CESifo Research Network FellowZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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CESifo Research Network Affiliateifo Institut
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CESifo Research Network FellowLMU Munich
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CESifo Research Network FellowHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of California, Merced
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateTel Aviv University
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateYale School of Management
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUtrecht University
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CESifo Research Network FellowDartmouth College
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CESifo Research Network AffiliateUniversity of Bristol
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CESifo Research Network FellowToulouse School of Economics
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Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award
The Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, aimed at encouraging talented young scholars, is awarded to the best paper presented by a young author at each of the CESifo Area conferences. Accepted candidates are invited to attend the Area Conference to which they have been nominated and present their paper. An award committee will judge the papers (and presentations) and select a winner. Nominations will be considered for candidates who are either close to completion of the PhD, or who have completed their PhD in the previous five years. The same limit applies to co-authors in the case of papers with multiple authors. The criteria for the award are scientific originality, policy relevance and quality of exposition. The winning paper will appear in the CESifo Working Paper Series.
Year Distinguished Affiliate(s) Title of the paper 2023 Zaruhi Hakobyan Can a Social Planner Manipulate Network Dynamics and Solve Coordination Problems? Marina Rizzi Regulation of Social Media and the Evolution of Content: A Cross-Platform Analysis 2022 Ozge Demirci Can Gender-Blind Algorithmic Pricing Eliminate the Gender Gap? 2021 Diego Battiston The Persistent Effects of Brief Interactions: Evidence from Immigrant Ships 2020 Simon Martin Market Transparency and Consumer Search - Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market 2019 Daniel Ershov Consumer Product Discovery Costs, Entry, Quality and Congestion in Online Markets Benjamin T. Leyden There’s an App (Update) for That
Understanding Product Updating Under Digitization2018 Vegard Høghaug Larsen Components of Uncertainty 2017 Bo Cowgill Bias and Productivity in Humans and Algorithms: Theory and Evidence from Résumé Screening
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Conference
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Digitization 2019
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Digitization 2020
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Digitization 2021
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Digitization 2022
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Digitization 2023
The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers from a broad range of economic disciplines to present and discuss ongoing research leveraging data sets made possible through the digitization of economic activity. The conference will have a focus on work at the intersection of digitization with public policy. Submissions may deal with any topic in digitization and public policy, including applied methodological work.
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Intermediaire
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