On January 19-20, 2023 at Stanford University, the Stanford Interdisciplinary Working Group on Interoperability met to discuss the future of interoperability and whether there were ways to make progress towards the goal of facilitating competition and access across platforms. The group, which...

Purpose: The authors show how to extend difference-in-differences (DiD) frameworks to Granger (1969) equations, a technique that tests for the parallel trends assumption and measures changes in effect sizes over time. To illustrate how these equations work, they apply them to state cutback...

This paper examines the current legal treatment of software innovation. It argues that recent judicial standards for the regulation of software innovation do not adequately protect innovation. It presents an original standard for the regulation of software innovation, one intended to guide...

The Internet has become a central platform for communications and culture worldwide. In the process, innovation on the Internet has led to tremendous economic, social, and democratic benefits that could not have been predicted in advance. Disruptive technologies, in particular, shape the...

Social and marital factors may influence women's health outcomes. This is of particular relevance in sub-Saharan Africa, where women's health indicators lag behind the rest of the world. Our study examines the impact of social mediators of women's health during key events (pregnancy and illness)...