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18th Digital Economics Conference

  • DateFrom 8 to 9 January 2026
  • Room Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4

Thank you! 

It was a sincere pleasure to welcome you at the 18th Digital Economics Conference on January 8-9, 2026  at TSE.

The Scientific Committee warmly thanks its partners and participants for being a part of this scientific event and for contributing to its success.

We invite you to consult the section EVENT of the site which announces all conferences proposed by TSE.

SAVE THE DATE -  Next edition January 7-8, 2027 

Background & objective

The objective of the conference, organized by the TSE Digital Center at the Toulouse School of Economics, with the help of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) is to discuss recent contributions to the understanding of the digital economy and its consequences for modern societies.

The conference will feature contributions in economics - theoretical, econometric, experimental and policy oriented - as well as contributions from other social sciences and computer and data science.

Speakers

Keynote speakers

  • Monika Schnitzer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and chair of the German Council of Economic Experts
  • Laura Veldkamp, Columbia Business School

Roundtable

Is there enough competition in the AI stack? What (if anything) should be done about it? 

Read the full roundtable summary here

Organizing committee

Alexandre de Cornière (TSE, CEPR), Jacques Crémer (TSE, CEPR) and Paul Seabright (IAST, TSE, CEPR)

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Simon P. Anderson, Targeting Persuasive Advertising

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Renjie Bao, "Just One More Clip'': Short Videos, Big Self-Control Problems

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Anahid Bauer, The impact of recommender system changes on production and consumption of news in social media platforms: the case of Instagram

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Michele Bisceglia, Menu Pricing and Privacy Regulation

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Michela Boldrini, Taming Tech Giants’ Algorithms: what do consumers know (and want)? An analysis of the Amazon Buy Box case

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

Özlem Brede Defolie, Curation with moral hazard: Why platforms host low quality

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

Dante Donati, Generative AI and Firm Productivity: Field Experiments in Online Retail

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Kevin Ducbao Tran, Cleanin' It Up: Unshrouding Hidden Fees on a Peer-to-Peer Platform

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

Adam Feher, Is AI Trained on Public Money? Evidence from US Data Centers

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

Xintong Han, When Randomness Leads to Profit: Evidence from a Large Creator Platform

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

Mushegh Harutyunyan, Curbing Digital Overconsumption: Strategic Implications of Screen Time Limits

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

Emeric Henry, Fact-Checking and Misinformation: Evidence from the Market Leader

18th Digital Economics Conference, Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4, From 8 to 9 January 2026

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Photo - Bandeau 18th Digital Economics Conf

The State of Competition in the AI Stack

  • Corporate Relations

  • Partnership research

  • Digital

TSE hosted the 18th edition of its Digital Economics Conference on January 8–9, 2026, in Toulouse. One of the highlights was a roundtable discussion entitled “Is there enough competition in the AI stack? What (if…

PROGRAM

 

Conference venue

Toulouse School of Economics

1 Esplanade de l'Université - Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont & Auditorium 4

31080 Toulouse cedex 06

Coming to TSE

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Conference secretariat

Mélanie Bataillard / Emilie Lopez

digitconf@tse-fr.eu 

 

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