Colloquium on the Peril & Promise of Artificial Intelligence for Corporations
Organized by: Lubo Litov
Venue: Zoom (link will be shared with participants)
Date: Friday, March 18, 2022
12:25 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. CST
Presentation Format: Each paper is 30 minutes presentation, a dedicated discussion of 10 minutes, and a general Q & A for 5 minutes.
Program
12:30 - 1:15 pm CST
AI and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies
Daron Acemoglu (MIT), David Autor (MIT), Jonathon Hazell (London School of Economics) and Pascual Restrepo (Boston Univ.)
Discussant: Mireia Giné, IESE Barcelona
Presentation Slides | Discussion Slides
1:15 - 2:00 pm CST
Artificial Intelligence and High-Skilled Work: Evidence from Analysts
Roni Michaely (University of Hong Kong) and Jillian Grennan (Duke Univ. & Univ. of California - Berkeley)
Discussant: Joseph Pacelli, Harvard Univ.
Presentation Slides | Discussion Slides
2:00 - 2:45pm
Does IT Help? Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship
Toni Ahnert (ECB), Sebastian Doerr (BIS), Nicola Pierri (IMF), and Yannick Timmer (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Mitchell Petersen, Northwestern Univ.
Presentation Slides | Discussion Slides
2:45 - 2:50 CST - Five minute recess
2:50 - 3:35 pm CST
Artificial Intelligence, Firm Growth, and Product Innovation
Tania Babina (Columbia), Anastassia Fedyk (Univ. of California - Berkeley), Alex He (Univ. of Maryland), and James Hodson (AI for Good Foundation)
Discussant: Michal Zator, University of Notre Dame
Presentation Slides | Discussion Slides
3:35 - 4:20 pm CST
John Armour (Oxford), Richard Parnham (Oxford), and Mari Sako (Oxford)
Discussant: Harry Surden, Univ. of Colorado
4:20 - 5:05 pm CST
Digital Capital and Superstar Firms
Prasanna Tambe (Wharton), Lorin Hitt (Wharton), Daniel Rock (Wharton), and Erik Brynjolfsson (Stanford Univ.)
Discussant: Vojislav (Max) Maksimovic, Univ. of Maryland
Presentation Slides | Discussion Slides
