Problem definition: We study personalized product recommendations on platforms when customers have unknown preferences. Importantly, customers may disengage when offered poor recommendations.Academic / Practical Relevance: Online platforms often personalize product recommendations using bandit...

The goal of this paper is to leverage household-level data to improve food-related policies aimed atincreasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FVs) among low-income households. Currently, several interventions target areas where residents have limited physical access to grocery stores,...

This paper studies government subsidies for green technology adoption while considering the manufacturing industry's response. Government subsidies offered directly to consumers impact the supplier's production and pricing decisions. Our analysis expands the current understanding of the...

In this paper, we develop a model for the adoption of solar photovoltaic technology by residential consumers. In particular, we assume consumers purchase these solar panels according to a discrete choice model. The technology adoption process is reinforced by network externalities such as...

Due to the innovative nature of green-technology products (e.g., electric vehicles and solar panels), customers are usually a priori uncertain about their purchasing benefits and typically consult user experiences via online product reviews and word-of-mouth communications. Despite the critical...