ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The 14th edition of the Workshop on the Economics of Advertising and Marketing will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria (Sofia University) on June 16-17, 2023. The idea of the workshop is to bring together people doing frontier research on advertising, drawing from empirical IO, quantitative marketing, and economic theory.
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Organizers: Simon Anderson (UVA), Michaela Draganska (Drexel), Regis Renault (CY Cergy Paris Université), and Jura Liaukonyte (Cornell).
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PROGRAM
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Location: Sofia University
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presentation + discussion + Q&A = 40 minutes
(suggested: presentation 30mins; discussion 10 minutes)
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Friday, June 16th
8:45 – Registration Opens
​9:00 - Welcoming Address
Michaela Draganska (Drexel)
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9:10-10:30 Panel Discussion
"Disinformation in the Digital Age: Challenges and Solutions"
Moderator: Jura Liaukonyte (Cornell)
Panelists:
Ralitsa Kovacheva (Sofia University),
Dina Mayzlin (USC)
Andrey Simonov (Columbia)
David Reiley (UC Berkeley),
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10:30-11:10 Coffee Break
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11:10-12:15 Session I
Steve Tadelis (UC Berkeley)
with Christopher Hooton (Meta), Utsav Manjeer (Meta), Daniel Deisenroth (Meta), Nils Wernerfelt (Meta), Nick Dadson (Analysis Group), and Lindsay Greenbaum (Analysis Group)
Discussant: Maria Ana Vitorino (INSEAD)
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Wes Hartmann (Stanford)
"Understanding Frequency in Brand Advertising"
with Jessica Fong (Michigan)
(Discussant: Zhenling Jiang (Wharton))
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12:15-2:00 Lunch
ul. "Krakra" 11
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2:10-3:30 Session II
Simon Anderson (University of Virginia)
"Ad Platform Competition Under Endogenous Bilateral Multihoming" 
with Øystein Foros (Norwegian School of Economics) and Hans Jarle Kind (Norwegian School of Economics)
Discussant: Ali Yurukoglu (Stanford)
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Ali Yurukoglu (Stanford)
"Pricing Power in Advertising Markets: Theory and Evidence"
with Matthew Gentzkow (Stanford), Jesse Shapiro (Harvard), and Frank Yang (Stanford)
Discussant: Matt McGranaghan (Delaware)
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3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
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4:00-6:00 Session III
Yufeng Huang (Rochester)
"Video Advertising by Twitch Influencers"
with Ilya Morozov (Northwestern)
Discussant: Davide Proserpio (USC)
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Sharon Horsky (Hebrew University)
"How Collusion Ends: The Case of Advertising Agencies"
with Robert Zeithammer (UCLA)
Discussant: Sylvia Hristakeva (UCLA)
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Sylvia Hristakeva (UCLA)
"Bad Drug Lawsuits: How do Mass-Tort Ads Affect Drug Use and Health Outcomes?"
Discussant: Steve Tadelis (UC Berkeley)
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7:00 Conference Dinner
ul. "Han Asparuh" 67
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Saturday, June 17th
9:30-10:50 Session IV
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Kinshuk Jerath (Columbia)
"Manufacturer Distribution Strategies and (the Limits to) Monetization Through 'Retail Media'"
with W. Jason Choi (University of Maryland) and Amin Sayedi (University of Washington)
Discussant: Dina Mayzlin (USC)
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David Reiley (Pandora and UC Berkeley)
"The Long and the Short of Audio Advertising: Experiments on Ad Length and Frequency"
with Jonas Tungodden (Pandora)
Discussant: Sharon Horsky (Hebrew University)
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10:50-11:10 Coffee Break
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11:10-12:30 Session V
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Ilwoo Hwang (Seul National University)
"Competitive Advertising and Pricing"
with Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim (Emory University) and Ralph Boleslavsky (Indiana)
Discussant: Levent Celik (University of Leicester)
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Regis Renault (CY Cergy Paris Université)
"Sources of consumer information"
with Frédéric Koessler (HEC)
Discussant: Ilwoo Hwang (Seul National University)
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12:30-2:30 Lunch
Oborishte St 9Б
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2:30-4:00 Session VI
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Andrey Simonov (Columbia)
"Online Advertising as Passive Search"
with Raluca Ursu (NYU) and Eunkyung An (NYU)
Discussant: Yufeng Huang (Rochester)
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Tesary Lin (Boston University)
"COPPAcalypse? The Impact of YouTube-FTC Settlement on the Creation of Child-Direct Content"
with Garrett Johnson (Boston University), James Cooper (George Mason), and Liang Zhong (Boston University)
Discussant: Wes Hartman (Stanford)
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Zhenling Jiang (Wharton)
"Does Racial Diversity Increase Advertising Effectiveness? Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Market"
with Donggwan Kim (WashU), Raphael Thomadsen (WashU)
Discussant: Tesary Lin (Boston University)
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4:00 Closing Remarks
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5:30-7:00 Walking Tour
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7:00 Conference Dinner
Raketa Rakia Bar
bul. "Yanko Sakazov" 17
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