The Economics of Digital Services: A New Initiative to Promote Research on Digital Platforms

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The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC) and Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences are pleased to announce their new initiative on “The Economics of Digital Services.”  Thanks to the generosity of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, this initiative will provide grants to support new research into the impact of data, algorithms, and innovative business models on digital platforms.



CTIC and the Warren Center are delighted to bring together a distinguished panel of experts to commemorate the launch of this new endeavor.  They will offer their perspectives on the type of research scholars and enforcement officials need to support good policymaking in this area.

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Speakers



Maureen Ohlhausen

Section Chair - Antitrust & Competition Law, Baker Botts

Former Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission



Howard Shelanski

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Former Director of the Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission



Rakesh Vohra

George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor

Co-Director of the Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences

University of Pennsylvania




Liad Wagman

Professor of Economics, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology

Senior Economic & Technology Advisor, Federal Trade Commission



Christopher Yoo

John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science

Founding Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition

University of Pennsylvania

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