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In this paper we study the relevance and mechanics of consumption network effects. We use long panel data on the entire Danish population to construct a measure of consumption based on administrative tax records, and define the peer groups in terms of workplace, occupation, education, and age....
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This paper examines the informativeness of consumer information networks and their effect on price competition between … and as such become better informed. The main result of this paper shows how informative such networks are by … degree of competition, as consumers comparing more prices induce firms to compete more fiercely. We find that larger networks …
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We study the efficient allocation of buyers in the presence of recommender systems. A recommender system affects the market in two ways: (i) it creates value by reducing product uncertainty for the customers and hence (ii) its recommendations can be offered as add-ons, which generates...
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We study optimal pricing in the presence of recommender systems. A recommender system affects the market in two ways: (i) it creates value by reducing product uncertainty for the customers and hence (ii) its recommendations can be offered as add-ons which generate informational externalities....
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This paper considers duopolistic firms targeting informative messages to consumers who share information locally with … efficient targeting and possible preemption by a competitor's message. Under gentle price competition, duopolists saturate the …
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A firm’s choices can shape patterns of consumer communication about its product. This paper examines the problem for a firm that can both set price and target sales when selling a product of hidden, exogenous quality over two sales rounds to consumers who share information locally with their...
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the Internet traffic and the Web graph indicated the scale-free structure of the Web and other Complex Networks. Going a …
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In markets with search frictions, consumers can acquire information about goods either through costly search or from friends via word-of-mouth (WOM) communication. How do sellers’ market power react to a very large increase in the number of consumers’ friends with whom they engage in WOM?...
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Consumers can acquire information through their own search efforts or through their social network. Information diffusion via word-of-mouth communication leads to some consumers free-riding on their “friends” and less information acquisition via active search. Free-riding also has an...
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