Controlling digital piracy has remained a top priority for manufacturers of information goods, as well as for many governments around the world. Among the many forms taken by digital piracy, we focus on an increasingly common one -- namely, online piracy -- that is facilitated by torrent sites...

Recent social justice movements have rekindled interests in supporting minority-owned businesses, and in response, popular online business-review platforms launched features to mark minority-owned businesses. We ask: Do such markers increase the willingness to visit and support the businesses?...

We study the economic impact of piracy on the supply chain of information goods. When information goods are sold to consumers via a retailer, in certain situations, a moderate dose of piracy seems to have a surprising positive impact on the profits of the manufacturer and the retailer, while, at...

The rise of “fake news” has become a major concern for social media platforms. In response, Facebook has proposed and tested the idea of users flagging and rating news articles and sources, much akin to how consumers rate products and services on the Internet. One obvious challenge with this...

In contrast to industries of other types of information goods, the video game industry still has a sizable secondhand market for games. This is particularly notable since some of the major gaming-console companies (e.g., Sony and Microsoft) actually possess the ability to annihilate the...