We investigate the strategies of a data intermediary selling consumer information to firms for price discrimination … purpose. We analyze how the mechanism through which the data intermediary sells information influences how much consumer … information she will collect and sell to firms, and how it impacts consumer surplus. We consider three selling mechanisms tailored …

We investigate whether the simple plurality rule aggregates information efficiently in a large election with three …. With two alternatives and strategic voters, the simple plurality rule aggregates information efficiently in elections with …

Economists usually think that rational voters have little incentives to acquire costly information. We present a … information if media technology is available because then they do not condition their informational decisions on being pivotal …-ride. Further, we show how the quality of information depends on the size of the electorate, the prior knowledge of voters and on …

A rational-expectations equilibrium with positive demand for financial information does exist under fully revealing … average portfolio demand information in equilibrium if they can adjust portfolio size. More information diminishes the … endowments strongly differ from the average portfolio are worse off. Under fully revealing price, information market equilibria …

This paper constructs a theory of the coexistence of fixed-term and permanent employment contracts in an environment …