Digital technologies, ranging from platform ecosystems and artificial intelligence to blockchain-based infrastructures, are fundamentally altering how value is created, distributed, and regulated. This track aims to examine not only the economic implications of these shifts, but also their institutional consequences and governance challenges. Questions that might be addressed range from How can existing economic institutions adapt for digital-first economies? to What governance models can ensure fairness, competition, and resilience in data-driven economies?
We welcome submissions addressing, but not limited to:
- Platform economies and the restructuring of markets and labor
- The role of AI and automation in productivity, wages, and inequality
- Digital currencies, fintech, and the transformation of monetary systems
- Data as an economic asset: ownership, valuation, and regulation
- Market concentration, digital monopolies, and competition policy
- Institutional adaptation to rapidly evolving digital infrastructures
- Cross-border regulation and global coordination in digital markets
- Social and ethical dimensions of digital economic systems
Submissions may include theoretical papers, empirical studies, comparative analyses, policy briefs, or interdisciplinary approaches. The goal of this track is to foster a deeper understanding of whether digital economies represent an evolution of existing systems or the emergence of fundamentally new economic logics.
Track Chair: Professor dr. Cristian Păun, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
E-mail: cristian.paun@rei.ase.ro