Adam Smith
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Assistant Professor of Marketing UCL School of Management www.adamnsmith.com
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Excited about this new paper with
@jamesbrandecon.bsky.social
! We use theory-driven priors to regularize nonparametric demand, with some interesting computation strategies to boot. Details and link in the thread.
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Jeff Gortmaker
about 2 months ago
Next week, I'm teaching another round of my online Mixtape course on BLP-style demand estimation! The sessions are hands-on and last time we had a ton of great questions. Sign up here:
www.mixtapesessions.io/session/dema...
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Daniel Ershov
2 months ago
wrote a little thing for general consumption about llms and the likely overblown risk of cognitive offloading:
www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/news/long-re...
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Long Reads: Is AI the end of critical thinking? | UCL School of Management
Embracing AI platforms such as ChatGPT does not signal the death of critical thinking, argues Dr. Daniel Ershov
https://www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/news/long-reads-1-ai-and-cognitive-offloading
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Brett Hollenbeck
5 months ago
π¨Free data alert!! π¨ Please share. Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*. I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
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Jakob Schneebacher
7 months ago
The programme for the third City-CMA competition workshop on 17-18 June is now out: The first day is dedicated to AI, technology and digital issues; the second to competition policy and economic growth. 1/2
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anikandrova - Economics of Competition and Regulation Workshop 2025
About the workshop
https://sites.google.com/view/anikandrova/economics-of-competition-and-regulation-workshop-2025
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Jimbo Brand
7 months ago
Have a day off so I made some small updates to FKRBDemand.jl (new name!). Hopefully it's now easier to use the Fox-Kim-Ryan-Bajari method to estimate a random coefficient model with market-level data (2-step approach described here:
www.jamesbrandecon.com/blog/0jxkvfr...
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github.com/jamesbrandec...
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GitHub - jamesbrandecon/FKRBDemand.jl
Contribute to jamesbrandecon/FKRBDemand.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.
https://github.com/jamesbrandecon/FKRBDemand.jl
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Aureo de Paula
7 months ago
This year's Gorman Lectures at UCL will be given by one of my heroes, Ariel Pakes. I can't wait!
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Giovanni Compiani
8 months ago
π¨ An updated version of "Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data" with Ilya Morozov and Stephan Seiler is now available online:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We also make the full code pipeline available here:
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Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data
<div> <p></p> <div> We propose a demand estimation method that leverages unstructured text and image data to infer substitution patterns. Using pre-trained
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4588941
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UCL
10 months ago
UCL School of Management expands business education opportunities in the heart of London We've enhanced our business education offer right in Canary Wharf, strengthening connections with the city's dynamic business hub. Discover how UCL is shaping the future of business education:
bit.ly/40tvSkY
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Excited about this new paper with
@jamesbrandecon.bsky.social
! We use theory-driven priors to regularize nonparametric demand, with some interesting computation strategies to boot. Details and link in the thread.
add a skeleton here at some point
11 months ago
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Giovanni Compiani
12 months ago
π¨πCALL FOR PAPERS ππ¨ *New Data for Consumer Insights Conference* When: May 30-31, 2025 Where: Chicago Booth Submission Deadline: Jan 6, 2025 Keynotes:
@susanathey.bsky.social
and Greg Lewis Both methodological and empirical submissions are welcome. Submit here:
ndconference2025.hotcrp.com
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New Data Conference 2025
http://ndconference2025.hotcrp.com
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Kenneth C Wilbur
about 1 year ago
We wrote a draft handbook chapter on using algorithmic pricing to learn optimal platform fees. A challenging and interesting problem! Comments welcome.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
With the great Kanishka Misra (BC)
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<div> Platform Pricing Algorithms:Β <span>Examples, Fundamental Challenges, Potential Solutions</span> </div>
We consider platform pricing algorithms, i.e., pricing algorithms to learn optimal platform prices to customers. We review four papers that carefully describe p
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5027890
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