#AcademicRunPlaylist - 2/17/24

It was a relaxing start to the long weekend, which meant I had a bunch of time to listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an engaging panel on antitrust as an agent for change at Cristina Caffarra's antitrust conference with Sarah Cardell, Benoît Coeuré, Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, John Newman, and Aviv Nevo. There's great detail on recent cases undertaken by various authorities, as well as insight into how they view antitrust evolving moving forward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5nQ-1drW58

Next was an interesting talk by Guillaume Sartoretti on learning cooperation in large robotic multi-agent systems at the GRASP Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61RKzhRy0yE

Next was an excellent discussion on how to shape the AI industry with Daron Acemoglu and Erik Brynjolfsson (👋). These are two of the foremost economic thinkers in the space, and while some of the AI hype was still present there are many important ideas raised here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ssJtZk4fcA

Next was a great talk by Michael Whinston on whether regulators should focus on overall concentration or its change in horizontal mergers at the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4QOJfv_srU

Next was an extremely informative panel on the interaction between big business and politics in Latin America at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State with Aldo Musacchio and Ben Schneider. There's incredibly rich historical context here and how state owned and private conglomerates have influenced political development in the region and how successful companies have navigated shifting regimes. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumuAyXPSHU

Next was a nice talk by Uta Schönberg on the effects of changes in business taxation on firms, workers, and local labor markets in Germany at the CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIWP3LV48m4

Next was an excellent talk by Katherine Coffman on stereotypes and belief updating at #DataColada. Coffman investigates gender gaps in beliefs and belief updating and through experiments shows that while feedback can be effective it doesn't completely close gaps in well-documented differences between male and female estimations of ability. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTvMyGcyoU

Next was a fantastic talk by Rebecca Tushnet on trademark law in a time of doctrinal shifts at the Duke University School of Law. Tushnet clearly articulates why and how trademark law is different from copyright law, how recent judicial shifts in the US are impacting trademark law, and considers how drunk one would have to be to mistake a bottle of Jack Daniels for a parody dog toy. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmeK6j4wrkM

Next was a good pair of talks at the Toulouse School of Economics by Guillaume Pommey (how to regulate airports) and Malte Borghorst (commuting and the gender pay gap) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjwM3e4NlK8

Last was an intriguing pair of talks at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford by Katrien Morbee (need for governance regulation in the asset management industry) and Jonathan Chan (dynamics of rule evolution and stock exchange self-regulation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-sOEpOLEl4