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Learning and Beliefs in Non-Centralized Markets.
(2015)
This dissertation uses microeconomic theory to examine learning and beliefs in markets that are not centralized, in order to refine our knowledge of how information asymmetries affect market outcomes. I approach problems ...
Strategic Reviews
(2020)
The impact of product reviews on consumer purchasing behavior is empirically well documented. This can create perverse incentives for firms to offer reviewers side payments ("bribes") in exchange for biased reviews for ...
First mover or higher quality? Optimal product strategy in markets with positive feedbacks
(Simon and SchusterWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2018-03)
Conventional wisdom holds that in markets with positive feedbacks being first to market can matter more than product quality. In this paper, we test that intuition within a generalized Pólya urn model. We find that if we ...
Solution of Assignment Problems by Directed Graphs
(Oxford University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 1957-11)
Strategic Pricing in Service Industries.
(2015)
This dissertation studies several strategic-level pricing decisions of firms that are motivated by recent changes of pricing policies in several service industries. It consists of three essays, each analyzing a different ...
Liquidation In Limit Order Books With Controlled Intensity
(Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications. Boston, MA: BirkhäuserWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014-10)
Mental representation and the discovery of new strategies
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016-10)
Bringing Home the Crisis: How US Evening News Framed the 2011 Japan Nuclear Crisis
(RoutledgeWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2015-09)
When is Society Susceptible to Manipulation?
(2019)
We consider a social learning model where agents learn about an underlying state of the world from individual observations as well as from exchanging information with each other. A principal (e.g. a firm or a government) ...