Digital Capital and Superstar Firms

Presenter: Erik Brynjolfsson (Stanford)
Discussant: Miao Ben Zhang (USC)
Host: Maryam Farboodi (MIT)
Oct 28, 2021 12-1pm EST

00:00:00​​​ Welcome remarks
00:02:30 Presentation
00:34:30​​​ Discussion
00:53:00 Q&A

ABFR is an interdisciplinary community of scholars with an interest in the methodology, applications, and socioeconomic implications of AI and big data for a wide range of areas in economics and finance. The forum organizes monthly presentations and discussions of papers by the leading world experts in the area, followed by an informal general post-seminar discussion. The virtual talks take place on the last Thursday
of each month from 12-1pm EST. For more information about the seminar series, including registration, please visit our website:
https://www.abfr-forum.org​​

ABFR is organized by Svetlana Bryzgalova, Lin William Cong, Maryam Farboodi, and Markus Pelger. It is also supported by The Advisory Committee, which includes Kay Giesecke, Gerald Hoberg, Wei Jiang, Bryan Kelly, Stefan Nagel, Andrew Patton, and Laura Veldkamp. ABFR hosting institutions are the Cornell FinTech Initiative and the Stanford AFTLab.