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Abstract: Many researchers have looked at potential reductions in the demand for labor caused by automation. I will describe some of the issues considered in this literature, along with some novel observations. I will also consider future changes in the supply of labor due to demographic forces. These supply-side issues turn out to be quite important, […]

Abstract: In the first part of this talk, I will discuss the extent to which “visceral” stimuli in the physical world can impact security and privacy behavior in cyberspace. In particular, I will present the design and results of a stream of controlled human subject experiments (based on joint work with Laura Brandimarte, Arizona; and […]

Based on a unique setting from Amazon lightning deals, which displays the percentage of inventory consumed in real time, we explore whether and how consumers learn from inventory availability information. Identifying the effect of learning on consumer decisions has been a notoriously difficult empirical question due to endogeneity concerns.

Tim will share some of the techniques his pioneering company has used to make sense of and predict innovation waves. And discuss how he applies those same techniques to provide a framework for thinking about how technologies such as on-demand services, networks and platforms, and artificial intelligence are changing the nature of business, education, government, financial markets, and the economy as a whole.

Abstract: We investigate the impact of collaborative filtering recommender algorithms (e.g., Amazon’s “Customers who bought this item also bought”) commonly used in e-commerce on sales diversity. We use data from a randomized field experiment run on a top retailer in North America across 82,290 SKUs and 1,138,238 users. We report four main findings. First, we demonstrate […]