unbiased informative ranking. The existence of the ranking might affect the welfare of all consumers negatively. With rigid … prices, the ranking induced change in demand can be detrimental to all consumers in markets featuring rationing or … consumption externalities. With perfectly flexible prices, the ranking might increase firms' market power, and hence lead to …

Ranking information is often provided to improve task performance, yet its welfare and spillover effects are rarely … and report their willingness-to-pay (WTP) to receive or avoid private ranking information, and for a partial or full … public announcement of the ranking information, both unconditionally and conditional on the realized rankings. The results …

unbiased informative ranking. The existence of the ranking might affect the welfare of all consumers negatively. With rigid … prices, the ranking induced change in demand can be detrimental to all consumers in markets featuring rationing or … consumption externalities. With perfectly flexible prices, the ranking might increase firms' market power, and hence lead to …