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Economic Frontiers

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Economic Frontiers is a podcast about the frontier of economics research regarding technology, innovation, and digitization. Each episode brings in a leading researcher or research team for...

Episodes

13 episodes

EF13: Using Matching Algorithms to Find Refugees Homes with Alexander Teytelboym

In this podcast, Alex Teytelboym (Associate Professor at Oxford University) discusses his work on matching theory and refugee resettlement....

00:33:54Jun 27, 2017

EF12: Platforms with Marshall Van Alstyne

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast What is a platform and do platforms represent a new form of industrial organization...

00:39:22Mar 20, 2017

EF11: Digital Experimentation and Peer Effects with Dean Eckles

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast This podcast is all about digital experimentation. We discuss why it's useful, why...

01:06:47Feb 21, 2017

EF10: Streaming, Sharing, and Stealing with Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast In this podcast we discuss how technology has reshaped competition in the media ind...

00:53:07Feb 6, 2017

EF9: The Economics of the Blockchain and Digital Currencies with Christian Catalini

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast In this podcast we discuss the economics of the blockchain and digital cryptocurren...

00:45:13Jan 23, 2017

EF8: Digital Labor Markets and Information Systems with Sonny Tambe

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast In this podcast we discuss how data from labor platforms like LinkedIn allows us to...

00:26:39Jan 9, 2017

EF7: Media Economics and Technology with Ananya Sen

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast In this podcast we discuss the economics of the media and its intersection with tec...

00:52:52Dec 6, 2016

EF6: Digital Advertising and Privacy with Catherine Tucker

Show notes: http://ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast In this podcast we talk about multiple aspects of digital advertising, priva...

00:42:25Feb 17, 2016

EF5: How the Internet Became Commercial w/ Shane Greenstein

Show Notes: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/ide/podcasts/ In this podcast we talk about the economic history of the internet. Our guest is Shane Gre...

01:03:36Dec 17, 2015

EF4: Intellectual Property and Patent Trolls w/ Lauren Cohen and Scott Kominers

Show notes: http://ide.mit.edu/news-events-media/podcasts/ef4-intellectual-property-and-patent-trolls-w-lauren-cohen-and-scott This podcast...

00:40:17Nov 30, 2015

EF3: Marketplace Design and Strategy w/ Greg Lewis

Show notes: http://ide.mit.edu/news-events-media/podcasts/ef3-marketplace-design-and-strategy-w-greg-lewis This podcast is about economic is...

00:47:01Nov 16, 2015

EF2: The Economic Importance of Good Management

Show notes: http://ide.mit.edu/news-events-media/podcasts/ef2-economic-importance-good-management John Van Reenen, Professor of Economics an...

00:33:01Nov 9, 2015

EF1: The Economics of Networks with Ben Golub

Show notes: http://ide.mit.edu/news-events-media/podcasts/ef1-economics-networks-w-ben-golub We discuss the intersection of economics and ne...

00:38:19Oct 30, 2015