The UK – Researcher Practitioner Network for the Economics of Digitization:

Date: 25 Nov 2022

Location: Norwich, University of East Anglia

Format: in Person

Local Organizers: Michael Kummer (UEA and CCP); Peter Courridge (UEA and CCP); Sean Ennis (UEA and CCP)

Background and objective:

This initiative tries to connect research about the Economics of Digitization to policy and managerial practice. The idea is to create a network that gets researchers and practitioners to talk to each other, by meeting once a year and doing two things: 1.) Present recent (hot!) research about the economics of digitization and 2.) Receive feedback and input from practitioners where they would need more useful answers from the research community.

Agenda:

09h45: Welcome and introductions [Emiliya Lazarova (Head of School, School of Economics, UEA) & Michael Kummer (CCP/UEA)]

10h00 Rocket Presentations [5 minutes each]

Chair: Michael Kummer (CCP/UEA)

Michael Kummer (CCP/UEA) Healthy Reviews: online physician ratings reduce healthcare interruptions

Peter Ormosi (CCP/UEA) The impact of recommender systems on supplier competition

Carlo Reggiani (Manchester) The price effects of banning Price Parity Clauses in the EU: Evidence from international hotel groups

Esma Koca (Imperial College Business School) Pricing and Design of Pay-to-Win Add-ons

Jacopo Bregolin (Liverpool) Authority and Delegation in Online Communities

10h25: Welcome Presentation [20 minutes]

Jens Prufer (CCP/UEA) Social Media and Democracy: Experimental Results

10h45 Break

11h00: Panel session: The Next Decade of Digitization Research

Chair Jonathan Porter (Ofcom)

Panellists: Diane Coyle (Cambridge), Mike Walker (CMA), Tim Robinson (Tech East)

12h00 Lunch

12h40 Keynote.

Chair: Sean Ennis (CCP/UEA)

Fiona Scott Morton (Yale): The New (Digital) Economy and Competition Enforcement.

13h50 Break

14h00: Presentations [20 minutes each]

Chair: Diane Coyle (Cambridge)

Greg Taylor (OII) Anticompetitive Bundling When Buyers Compete

Andres Hervas-Drane (Bayes Business School) Retailer-led Marketplaces

Discussant: Mike Walker (CMA) [10 minutes]

14h50: short break

15h00: Network coordination meeting [hybrid]

15h15: Lightning Talks: Implications of the DMA for Applied Research.

Panellists: Tommaso Valletti (Imperial), Stefan Hunt (CMA), Amelia Fletcher (CCP/UEA)

16h20: Break

16h35: Presentations [20 minutes each]

Chair Levent Celik (City, University of London)

Xinchen Ma (London School of Economics and Political Science) The Supply and Demand for Data Privacy: Evidence from Mobile Apps

Franco Mariuzzo (CCP/UEA) Digital Platform Mergers and Innovation: Evidence from the Cloud Computing Market

Wynne Lam (CCP/UEA) Product Experimentation and Platform Encroachment

For any further information, please send an email to:

ccp@uea.ac.uk

Hoping to see you in Norwich soon!

Michael Kummer, School of Economics

Sean Ennis, Norwich Business School and Director Centre Competition Policy

Peter Courridge, Manager Centre for Competition Policy