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Alexander White (Tsinghua University), Chang Liu, and Fengshi Niu
September 7, 2021, 14:00–15:00, Zoom Meeting
When a platform is an optional intermediary, should it require price coherence, i.e., that sellers charge the same price to the platform’s users as they charge their direct customers? If the platform does this, how will it affect consumers’ and overall welfare? In a model leveraging insight from...
Hanna Halaburda (NYU Stern)
July 27, 2021, 14:00–15:00, Zoom Meeting
Leonardo Madio (University of Padova)
July 13, 2021, 14:00–15:00, Zoom Meeting
Public authorities in many jurisdictions are concerned about the proliferation of illegal content and products on online platforms. One often discussed solution is to make the platform liable for third parties’ misconduct. In this paper, we first identify platform incentives to stop online...
On site and on line, July 6, 2021, 09:30–16:45, room Auditorium 3
Toulouse, July 1–2, 2021
Tat-How Teh (National University of Singapore)
June 29, 2021, 14:00–15:00, Zoom Meeting
We provide a general framework to analyze competition between two-sided platforms, in which buyers and sellers can multihome, and platforms compete on transaction fees charged on both sides. The framework allows buyers and sellers to have heterogenous benets from using platforms for transactions,...
Daniel Garcìa (University of Vienna)
TSE, June 28, 2021, 14:00–15:30, Zoom
We study the interaction between algorithmic advice and human decisions in the context of dynamic pricing in hotels. We provide evidence of adjustment costs and inertia that induce a conflict of interest between the human manager and the algorithmic advisor, resulting in biased recommendations and...
Horacio Larreguy (IAST/TSE and Department of Government, Harvard University)
TSE & IAST, June 23, 2021, 12:30–13:30, Zoom Meeting
While digital platforms have facilitated protests and challenged democratic norms, mass online campaigns could also enhance electoral accountability. We evaluate the electoral impact of non-partisan Facebook ads informing millions of Mexican citizens of municipal expenditure irregularities in 2018...
Johannes Boehm (Sciences Po, Paris)
TSE, June 21, 2021, 14:00–15:30, Zoom
How much do changes in the fragmentation of production contribute to growth? Using detailed plant-level data on the manufacturing sector in India between 1990 and 2014, we study Smithian growth, the link between greater fragmentation of production and productivity. We propose a measure of a plant's...
Aix-Marseille School of Economics, June 21–22, 2021
