advertising on consumer brand choice and search behavior. Under imperfect information, advertising can affect consumer behavior by … providing economically relevant information in a convenient way. I find that advertising has an increasing effect on consumers …

of refineries partially offsets the large reduction in consumer surplus. As the theory predicts, these shocks have a … internet as an alternative source of health information doubled.At the same time, online and offline advertising spending by … this activity is influenced by direct to consumer advertising.I utilize a database of user click-through data from America …

of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …

"One of the successes in contemporary social science is the development and proliferation of game theory. For a wide … range of phenomena, game theory produces enormous insight into the strategic interaction of individuals. Its greatest power …, information aggregation or when confronting large-scale social dilemmas. However, as Ostrom (1998) reminds us, game theory also …