Kenneth C Wilbur

I disliked LinkedIn at first, but with a *lot* of strategic tuning I now find it OK.

It's good if you want engagement with practitioners.

Have yet to encounter any nazis there, it has that going for it

Advertising is an Emergent Property of Successful Platforms Plus a public wager

just posted: "Advertising is an Emergent Property of Successful Platforms"
Short and sweet. With @dade_us
platformpapers.substack.com/p/advertisin...

2025 Workshop on Platform Analytics - YouTube The papers are available at https://platformanalytics.org/

Day 2 videos posted: 2025 Workshop on Platform Analytics www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

YouTube video by Workshop on Platform Analytics Gender Bias, Feedback, and Productivity: Marita Freimane (Zurich)

We just posted Workshop on Platform Analytics Day 1 talk videos!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBp...

San Diego passes first-in-the-nation policy to ban digital-only coupons at grocery stores The San Diego City Council has passed the Grocery Pricing Transparency Ordinance, requiring grocers to offer both digital and paper coupons to all customers, promoting equal access to grocery savings ...

natural experiment alert
couponsinthenews.com/2025/03/24/c...

I want a structure in which authors input seed projects with open code, data and prose ; and a second stage that enables reviewers to make direct contributions within a consensus-building mechanism and receive secondary credits. Goal: maximizing project quality rather than maintaining author control

We're looking forward to another great Workshop on Platform Analytics in San Diego! Registrations close March 23.
platformanalytics.org

This is an *amazing* IO conference coming up end of May, organized by @guenter-hitsch.bsky.social, Ali Hortaçsu, @sanjog.bsky.social, and Chad Syverson: econincubator.uchicago.edu/events/indus...

Replacing "I hope this email finds you well" with "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation." in all emails from now on.

"The bottom 80% of earners spent 25% more than they did four years earlier, barely outpacing price increases of 21% over that period. The top 10% spent 58% more."
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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I say "morning" to most strangers I pass by at any time of day and night, and even worse I'm starting to think it's OK

Dad Jokes | Fatherhood.gov

... ... did you know the US government has a dad joke website? www.fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad...

More people building alternatives on ATprotocol is important! It helps protect against enshittification and an evil takeover.

Exciting to see more people embrace an "I can build it" approach.

Also this is why open protocols are so important.

Program posted: 2025 Workshop on Platform Analytics

platformanalytics.org

New paper with @adam-n-smith.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Our paper develops a new approach for estimating demand nonparametrically while imposing economic constraints and comes with a new package, NPDemand.jl! Some things we do in the paper 1/

Screenshot of paper title and abstract

🚨Closing out 2024 with a new paper with @hristakeva.bsky.social and @leofeler.com: How GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are reshaping food demand and changing the rules of the game for the food industry.

TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.

Natural confounded experiment alert.
www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-...

Beyond Task Replacement Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Aggregate Growth Prospects by Tim Bresnahan

It's a good time to mention that Seth Benzell and I have a podcast called Justified Posteriors discussing the economics of AI and other technologies. Our latest episode considers @timobres.bsky.social's paper on AI and Aggregate Growth.
empiricrafting.substack.com/p/beyond-tas...

Remarkable context here.

natural experiment alert www.mass.gov/news/ag-camp...

Not if it's owned by its users.

Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off influencers Honey isn’t always the sweet deal it seems to be.

Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off customers and YouTubers - https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/23/24328268/honey-coupon-code-browser-extension-scam-influencers-affiliate-marketing

This is a remarkable paper

www.steven-hamilton.com/s/241208_100...

Especially if you're interested in consumption, financial management and heterogeneity.

Hard disagree. I'm leaving anywhere that platforms Nazis. Paradox of tolerance

Identity Signals Explained A field guide for the evolving advertising identity landscape

There are so many types of identity signals it can be hard to keep track (see what I did there, LOL).

Our latest in depth explainer: "Identity Signals Explained"

www.adtechexplained.com/p/identity-s...

🚨📜CALL FOR PAPERS 📜🚨

*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

But-but-but it's cereal

UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers The UK government is banning daytime TV adverts for sugary foods like granola and muffins in its battle against child obesity, branding such popular items as junk food.

Natural experiment alert www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Toward an Understanding of the Political Economy of Using Fi Field experiments provide the clearest window into the true impact of many policies, allowing us to understand what works, what does not, and why. Yet, their widespread use has not been accompanied by

Field Experiments have matured from academic curiosity to bona fide contributor to knowledge in the past few decades. Yet, the political economy of their deployment in government remains ill-understood. We provide insights in a new working paper, available here: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...