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context of linear regression models, penalised regression has become the de facto benchmark technique used to trade off … number of advantages over the penalised regression methods: It is based on statistical inference and is therefore easier to …
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The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to...
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made data protection and privacy a major policy concern. When surfing the web, consumers leave digital traces that can be … activity. The extent of shadow profiling Facebook may engage in is similar on privacy-sensitive domains and across user …
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When using digital devices and services, individuals provide their personal data to organizations in exchange for gains in various domains of life. Organizations use these data to run technologies such as smart assistants, augmented reality, and robotics. Most often, these organizations seek to...
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) transparency or if consumers’ privacy preference differs across countries. Unilateral data regulation by each country addresses the …
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We study the relation between ad networks, consumer privacy and the online advertising market. We consider two … ads. However, its tracking capability depends on consumer privacy-related choices (e.g., accepting third-party cookies … consumers. Hence, there may be too little tracking in equilibrium, even from consumers' perspective. We evaluate several privacy …
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policy requiring list prices to be public). Otherwise, more protective privacy regulations have ambiguous effects on consumer …
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markets. Finally, we study how the intermediary responds to policies designed to enhance transparency or consumer privacy, and …
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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...
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We consider a duopoly model where firms can identify only a share of consumers, which is positively correlated with the consumer' preferences. Firms charge personalized prices to the consumers they can recognize and a uniform price to the rest of consumers. The firms' available information is...
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