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 |