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ABFR events are held as Zoom webinars and are open to all. If you would like to receive updates about these events, please join our mailing list. We will send out the Zoom links to access the webinar over our mailing lists. A Zoom link will also be available on this website one hour prior to the presentation. Recordings of past events will be available on the ABFR YouTube channel. Please direct any inquiries related to the forum to abfrforum@gmail.com.

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

STEFAN NAGEL

University of Chicago

MARKET EFFICIENCY IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA

Discussant: Kent Daniel (Columbia University)

Host: Svetlana Bryzgalova (London Business School)

MARCH 25, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

LAURA VELDKAMP

Columbia University

A GROWTH MODEL OF THE DATA ECONOMY

Discussant: Ezra Oberfield (Princeton University) 

Host: Maryam Farboodi (MIT)

APRIL 29, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

WEI JIANG 

Columbia University

FROM MAN VS. MACHINE TO MAN + MACHINE: THE ART AND AI OF STOCK ANALYSES

Discussant: Francesco D'Acunto (Boston College)

Host: Lin William Cong (Cornell University)

MAY 27, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

BRYAN KELLY

Yale University

IS THERE A REPLICATION CRISIS IN FINANCE?

Discussant: Andrew Karolyi (Cornell University)

Host: Markus Pelger (Stanford University)

JUNE 24, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

DARON ACEMOGLU

MIT

FUTURE OF WORK: UNDER THE THREAT OF AI AND EXCESSIVE AUTOMATION

Discussant: Joshua Gans (University of Toronto)

Host: Lin William Cong (Cornell University)

AUGUST 26, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

SUSAN ATHEY

Stanford University

MACHINE LEARNING WHO TO NUDGE- CAUSAL VS PREDICTIVE TARGETING IN A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON STUDENT FINANCIAL AID RENEWAL

Discussant: Dean Eckles (MIT)

Host: Markus Pelger (Stanford University)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

SHARAD GOEL

Harvard Kennedy School

THE MEASURE AND MISMEASURE OF FAIRNESS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF FAIR MACHINE LEARNING

Discussant: Jann Spiess (Stanford GSB)

Host: Maryam Farboodi (MIT)

OCTOBER 28, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON

Stanford University

DIGITAL CAPITAL AND SUPERSTAR FIRMS

Discussant: Miao (Ben) Zhang (USC)

Host: Maryam Farboodi (MIT)

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST

GERARD HOBERG

University of Southern California

SCOPE, SCALE AND COMPETITION: THE 21ST CENTURY FIRM

Discussant: David Robinson (Duke University)

Host: Lin William Cong (Cornell University)

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