We investigate the relationship between on-demand ridesharing via platforms like Uber and Lyft and the use of public transit systems. Our study uses trip count data on ridesharing, taxi, shared bike, and subway usage in New York City. Exploiting a series of exogenous shocks to the system — the...

This paper analyzes optimal pricing for information goods under incomplete information,when both unlimited-usage (fixed-fee) pricing and usage-based pricing are feasible. For ageneral set of customer characteristics, it is shown that in the presence of contract administrationcosts, offering...

We present a model of dynamic monopoly pricing for a good that displaysnetwork effects. In contrast with the standard notion of arational-expectations equilibrium, we model consumers as boundedlyrational, and unable either to pay immediate attention to each pricechange, or to make accurate...

As people share more of their lives on social media, their consumption and purchase behaviors become increasingly visible to their peers, spawning a new form of digitally-enabled conspicuous consumption. We examine how the ensuing dynamics of social commerce affect these visibility choices. We...

This paper analyzes the optimal choice of pricing schedules and technological deterrence levels in a market with digital piracy, when legal sellers can sometimes control the extent of piracy by implementing digital rights management (DRM) systems. It is shown that the seller s optimal pricing...

We model an oligopolistic technology market in which firms endogenously choose product scope,fixed costs are affected by exogenous technological progress, and there may be threat of entry. Ouranalysis shows that equilibrium outcomes involve substantial overinvestment in product scope,which...

This paper analyzes the optimal choice of pricing schedules and technological deterrencelevels in a market with digital piracy, when legal sellers can sometimes control the extentof piracy by implementing digital rights management (DM) systems. It is shown that the seller'soptimal pricing...

We analyze how digital platforms can increase the survival rate of firms during a crisis by providing continuity in access to customers. Using order-level data from Uber Technologies, we study how the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of businesses in the United States affected...