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Eyal Winter (Lancaster University;The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Toulouse : TSE, 8 septembre 2020, 17h00–18h30, salle Zoom
We analyze the implications of introducing priority service on customerswelfare. In monopoly markets, introducing priority service decreases the customers surplus despite increasing the assignment e¢ ciency: the monopolist extracts from customers a total payment higher than the total e¢ ciency gain...
Nikhil Vellodi (Princeton University and Paris School of Economics)
8 septembre 2020, 14h00–15h00, Zoom meeting
I study the impact of consumer reviews on the incentives for firms to participate in the market through the lens of ratings design. Firms produce goods of heterogeneous, unknown quality that is gradually revealed via consumer reviews, and face both entry and exit decisions. A platform combines past...
Yang Yang ( Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 7 septembre 2020, 14h00–15h30, salle Zoom
Customer services made at the retail level are extremely important for enhancing the demand for the brands and products. The retailers, however, often consider price as the most important parameter of competition because the existence of price comparison tools makes the price information more...
Eva Tène (Toulouse School of Economics Research;INRAE)
Toulouse : TSE, 7 septembre 2020, 11h00–12h15, salle Auditorium 4
This paper studies both the geoclimatic origins and the long-term impacts of matrilineal kinship systems, where inheritance is along the maternal line, in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting cross-ethnic group variations in geoclimatic conditions, I first document that land suitability for root crops...
Ananya Sen (Canergie Mellon University)
28 juillet 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Zoom meeting
We run a field experiment to quantify the economic returns to data and informational externalities associated with algorithmic recommendation in the context of online news. Our results show that personalized recommendation can outperform human curation in terms of user engagement, though this...
Lester Chan (Boston University)
15 juillet 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Zoom Meeting
Strong network effects typically lead to multiple equilibria in two-sided markets. To overcome the methodological challenge of selecting an appropriate equilibrium, this paper shows that many two-sided market models are weighted potential games, and thus potential maximization, a refinement of Nash...
Andrey Fradkin (Boston University)
30 juin 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Meeting Zoom
Large digital platforms are economically important and are increasingly the subject of regulatory scrutiny. These platforms may improve welfare if network effects are sufficiently large but they may also harm users if they exercise market power or reduce product variety. We study the merger of the...
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22–24 juin 2020
Renato Gomes
18–19 juin 2020, salle Zoom meeting
