We develop a model that classifies platforms in the "creator economy"---e.g. Youtube, Patreon, and Twitch---into three broad business models: pure discovery mode (providing recommendations to help consumers search for creators); pure membership mode (enabling individual creators to monetize...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a widely used mathematical programming approach for comparing the inputs and outputs of a set of comparable decision making units (DMUs) by evaluating their relative efficiency. The traditional DEA methods require accurate measurement of both the inputs and...