We experimentally examine the impact of a cycle path on the trading of a copyable information good in networks. A cycle …. Theory predicts that the price of the information good, even with the first transaction where there is not yet a reseller …

We experimentally examine the impact of a cycle path on the trading of a copyable information good in networks. A cycle …. Theory predicts that the price of the information good, even with the first transaction where there is not yet a reseller …

Trademarks are indeed about information, but trademark doctrine misunderstands trademarks’ information function … decisions. This Paper explores what happens if trademarks are taken to be part of an information network. I show that by … ignoring the information network nature of trademarks, current trademark doctrine favors herding and cascade problems …

Material private information transmits through social networks. Using manually collected information on networks of … ownership are more likely to transmit information. Our results are robust to confounding factors and alternative specifications …. These findings highlight the role of social networks as channels of private information dissemination …