Friday

Electoral Politics @ the Time of Broadband
Francesco Sobbrio (European University Institute), Filipe Campante and Ruben Durante
Discussant: Adriana Camacho (Universidad de los Andes)

Durante

Camacho

The Unintended Consequences of Internet Diffusion: Evidence from Malaysia
Luke Miner (New Economic School)
Discussant: Juan Vargas (Universidad del Rosario)

Miner

Vargas

Politicization of Intelligence Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War
Oliver Latham (University of Cambridge)
Discussant: Ruben Enikolopov (New Economic School)

Latham

Enikolopov

Market segmentation in two-sided markets: TV rights for Premier League
Lars Sørgard (Norwegian School of Economics) and Hans Jarle Kind
Discussant: Amedeo Piolatto (Barcelona Institute of Economics)

Sørgard

Piolatto

Competition for Advertisers in Media Markets
Simon Anderson (University of Virginia) and Martin Peitz
Discussant: Lars Sørgard (Norwegian School of Economics)

Anderson

Sørgard

Media effects in Nazi Germany
Ruben Enikolopov (New Economic School), Maja Adena, Maria Petrova, Veronica Santarosa and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Discussant: Luke Miner (New Economic School)

Enikolopov

Miner

Agenda-setting About Wasteful Public Spending: Germany
Matthias Heinz (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Discussant: Rodrigo Taborda (Universidad del Rosario)

Heinz

Taborda

Media Bias and Central Bank Response. Evidence from the Nominal Exchange Rate Behavior in Colombia
Rodrigo Taborda (Universidad del Rosario)
Discussant: Vincent Bignon (Banque de France)

Taborda

Bignon

Do Bloggers Have any Real Influence? Event Study of Blog Postings by a Russian Activist Shareholder and Blog Service DDoS Attacks
Maria Petrova (New Economic School), Ruben Enikolopov and Konstantin Sonin
Discussant: Lisa George (Hunter College-CUNY)

Petrova

George

Saturday

Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion
Francesco D'Acunto (University of California, Berkeley), Guglielmo Barone and Gaia Narciso
Discussant: Matthias Heinz (Goethe University Frankfurt)

D'Acunto

Heinz

Words versus Bullets: Media and Democracy with Coercion
Leopoldo Fergusson (Universidad de los Andes), Juan Vargas and Mauricio Vela
Discussant: Ruben Durante (Sciences Po Paris)

Fergusson

Durante

Influence for Sale: Evidence from the Italian Advertising Market
Ruben Durante (Sciences Po Paris), Stefano DellaVigna, Brian Knight and Eliana La Ferrara
Discussant: Oliver Latham (University of Cambridge)

Durante

Latham

Newspaper Market Structure and Behavior: Partisan Coverage of Political Scandals 1870-1910
Angela Fonseca (Harvard University) James M. Snyder, Jr. and B.K.Song
Discussant: Maria Petrova (New Economic School)

Fonseca

Petrova

The Price of Media Capture and the Looting of Newspapers in Interwar France
Vincent Bignon (Banque de France) and Marc Flandreau
Discussant: Francesco D'Acunto (University of California, Berkeley)

Bignon

D'Acunto

News Aggregators and Competition Among Newspapers in the Internet
Doh-Shin Jeon (Toulouse School of Economics-TSE) and Nikrooz Nasr Esfahani
Discussant: Joaquin Coleff (Universidad del Rosario)

Jeon

Coleff

Intermediation and Localism in the Market for Online News
Lisa George (Hunter College-CUNY)
Discussant: David Bardey (Universidad de los Andes)

George

Bardey

Ethical Voters and the Demand for Political News
Amedeo Piolatto (Barcelona Institute of Economics) and Florian Schuett
Discussant: Doh-Shin Jeon (Toulouse School of Economics-TSE)

Piolatto

Jeon