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Citations

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Blog mentions

As found by EconAcademics.org, the blog aggregator for Economics research:
  1. Mark Armstrong & Jidong Zhou, 2013. "Search Deterrence," Economics Series Working Papers 661, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.

    Mentioned in:

    1. About exploding offers
      by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2013-09-23 19:40:00
  2. Ioana Chioveanu & Jidong Zhou, 2012. "Price Competition and Consumer Confusion," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 12-08, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.

    Mentioned in:

    1. How to make a profit through price obfuscation
      by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2012-10-05 19:13:00

RePEc Biblio mentions

As found on the RePEc Biblio, the curated bibliography of Economics:
  1. Fei Li & Jidong Zhou, 2020. "A Model of Crisis Management," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2266, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.

    Mentioned in:

    1. > Economics of Welfare > Health Economics > Economics of Pandemics > Preparation > Crisis management

Working papers

  1. Andrew Rhodes & Jidong Zhou, 2022. "Personalized Pricing and Competition," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2329, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.

    Cited by:

    1. Delbono, Flavio & Reggiani, Carlo & Sandrini, Luca, 2024. "Strategic data sales with partial segment profiling," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    2. Qiuyu Lu & Noriaki Matsushima & Shiva Shekhar, 2025. "Welfare implications of personalized pricing in competitive platform markets: The role of network effects," OSIPP Discussion Paper 25E003, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University.
    3. Li, Xiaochuan & Li, Guo & Wu, Huamin & Tang, Ou, 2025. "Service portfolio design for ship-then-shop subscription in online retailing," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
    4. Abrardi, Laura & Cambini, Carlo & Pino, Flavio, 2024. "Regulating data sales: The role of data selling mechanisms," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(8).
    5. Abrardi, Laura & Cambini, Carlo & Pino, Flavio, 2025. "Data brokers competition, synergic datasets, and endogenous information value," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 103(PA).
    6. Laurenz Marstaller, 2026. "Privacy in Search Markets," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 387, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    7. Groh, Carl-Christian, 2023. "Search, Data, and Market Power," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277701, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    8. Esteves, Rosa-Branca & Carballo-Cruz, Francisco, 2025. "A general framework for retailer competition under elastic demand and quantity-dependent transport costs," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    9. Qiuyu Lu & Noriaki Matsushima, 2022. "Personalized pricing when consumers can purchase multiple items," ISER Discussion Paper 1192r, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka, revised Feb 2023.
    10. Li, Guo & Tao, Yuwei & Zheng, Hong, 2025. "Endogenous information acquisition in a competitive market with personalized pricing," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 202(C).
    11. Navarra, Federico & Pino, Flavio & Sandrini, Luca, 2024. "Mandated data-sharing in hybrid marketplaces," ZEW Discussion Papers 24-051, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    12. Bond, Philip & Levit, Doron, 2025. "ESG: A panacea for market power?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    13. Noriaki Matsushima & Mark J. Tremblay, 2024. "Network compatibility and incumbent pricing regimes," ISER Discussion Paper 1265, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka.
    14. Foros, Øystein & Kind, Hans Jarle & Nguyen-Ones, Mai, 2024. "The choice of pricing format: Firms may choose uniform pricing over personalized pricing to induce rivals to soften competition," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    15. Lu, Qiuyu & Matsushima, Noriaki, 2025. "The interaction between personalized pricing and multi-item purchases: A random utility model approach," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
    16. Durrmeyer, Isis & D'Haultfoeuille, Xavier & Fournel, Jean-François & Iaria, Alessandro, 2025. "Price Discrimination and Online Sales in the Automobile Industry," TSE Working Papers 25-1654, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    17. Pape, Louis-Daniel & Helmers, Christian & Iaria, Alessandro & Wagner, Stefan & Runge, Julian, 2025. "Personalized content, engagement, and monetization in a mobile puzzle game," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    18. Brian C. Albrecht & Mark Whitmeyer, 2023. "Comparison Shopping: Learning Before Buying From Duopolists," Papers 2302.06580, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2023.
    19. Ichihashi, Shota & Smolin, Alex, 2025. "Data provision to an informed seller," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 131-144.
    20. Adachi, Takanori, 2023. "A sufficient statistics approach for welfare analysis of oligopolistic third‐degree price discrimination," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    21. Tan, Guofu & Zhou, Junjie, 2024. "Consumer heterogeneity and inefficiency in oligopoly markets," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).
    22. Xuefeng Zhang & Ji Luo & Xiao Liu, 2025. "Differentiated Advertising, Heterogeneous Consumers and Suitable Design of Platform Merchant," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-32, May.
    23. Heiny, Friederike & Li, Tianchi & Tolksdorf, Michel, 2025. "We value your privacy: Behavior-based pricing under endogenous privacy," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325415, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    24. Carl-Christian Groh, & Jonas von Wangenheim, 2024. "Pigou Meets Wolinsky: Search, Price Discrimination, and Consumer Sophistication," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2024_527, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
    25. Noriaki Matsushima & Tomomichi Mizuno & Cong Pan, 2023. "Personalized pricing with heterogeneous mismatch costs," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 90(2), pages 369-388, October.
    26. Peng Xu & Yibing Wang & Qin Zhang, 2025. "Personalized Pricing of an e‐Tailer in the Presence of Identity Management," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 46(5), pages 3226-3243, July.
    27. Scott T. Nelson, 2025. "Private Information and Price Regulation in the US Credit Card Market," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 93(4), pages 1371-1410, July.
    28. Xiong, Yan & Yang, Liyan, 2025. "Personalized pricing, network effects, and commitment," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
    29. Wenjie Bi & Bing Wang & Haiying Liu, 2024. "Personalized Dynamic Pricing Based on Improved Thompson Sampling," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-14, April.

  2. Zhiguo He & Jing Huang & Jidong Zhou, 2020. "Open Banking: Credit Market Competition When Borrowers Own the Data," NBER Working Papers 28118, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Jo~ao B. G. de Brito & Rodrigo Heldt & Cleo S. Silveira & Matthias Bogaert & Guilherme B. Bucco & Fernando B. Luce & Jo~ao L. Becker & Filipe J. Zabala & Michel J. Anzanello, 2025. "Predicting and Explaining Customer Data Sharing in the Open Banking," Papers 2507.01987, arXiv.org.
    2. Yuteng Cheng & Ryuichiro Izumi, 2023. "CBDC: Banking and Anonymity," Wesleyan Economics Working Papers 2023-002, Wesleyan University, Department of Economics.
    3. Hakan Eroglu & Giulio Cornelli & Jon Frost & Friederike Rühmann & Vatsala Shreeti, 2026. "Opening doors to open finance: evidence from the international experience," BIS Papers, Bank for International Settlements, number 168.
    4. Bianchi, Milo & Bouvard, Matthieu & Gomes, Renato & Rhodes, Andrew & Shreeti, Vatsala, 2021. "Mobile Payments and Interoperability: Insights from the Academic Literature," TSE Working Papers 21-1279, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Nov 2023.
    5. Paolo Siciliani & Peter Eccles, 2024. "Information disclosure and information acquisition in credit markets," Bank of England working papers 1067, Bank of England.
    6. Shang, Xiaoting & Niu, Huayong, 2023. "Does the digital transformation of banks affect green credit?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PB).
    7. Rhodes, Andrew & Zhou, Jidong & Zhou, Junjie, 2025. "Digital Ecosystems and Data Regulation," TSE Working Papers 25-1621, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Feb 2026.
    8. Agur, Itai & Ari, Anil & Dell’Ariccia, Giovanni, 2025. "Bank competition and household privacy in a digital payment monopoly," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    9. Zhuang Liu & Xingyi Li & Zhongfei Li, 2024. "Inclusive FinTech, open banking, and bank performance: evidence from China," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 10(1), pages 1-24, December.
    10. Nam, Rachel J., 2022. "Open banking and customer data sharing: Implications for FinTech borrowers," SAFE Working Paper Series 364, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
    11. Biancini, Sara & Verdier, Marianne, 2023. "Bank-platform competition in the credit market," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    12. Huang, Jin & Liu, Ruiqi & Wang, Wenting & Wang, Zi'ang & Wang, Congwei & (Jimmy) Jin, Yong, 2024. "Unleashing Fintech’s potential: A catalyst for green bonds issuance," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    13. Serfes, Konstantinos & Wu, Kejia & Avramidis, Panagiotis, 2025. "FinTech vs. Bank: The impact of lending technology on credit market competition," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    14. Chiu, Jonathan & Koeppl, Thorsten V., 2026. "PayTech on BigTech platforms," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    15. Akyildirim, Erdinc & Corbet, Shaen & Mukherjee, Abhishek & Ryan, Michael, 2025. "Global perspectives on open banking: Regulatory impacts and market response," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    16. Yan Wang & Ping Han, 2023. "Digital Transformation, Service-Oriented Manufacturing, and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from A-Share Listed Companies in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-24, June.
    17. Ryan Clements, 2022. "Could Alberta Enact a Sub-National Open Banking Regime?," SPP Research Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 15(30), October.
    18. Blickle, Kristian & He, Zhiguo & Huang, Jing & Parlatore, Cecilia, 2025. "Information-based pricing in specialized lending," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    19. Leonardo Gambacorta & Fahad Khalil & Bruno Maria Parigi, 2022. "Big Techs vs Banks," BIS Working Papers 1037, Bank for International Settlements.
    20. Yuteng Cheng & Ryuichiro Izumi, 2024. "Monetary Policy Transmission Through Shadow and Traditional Banks," Staff Working Papers 24-9, Bank of Canada.
    21. Sally Chen & Derryl D'Silva & Frank Packer & Siddharth Tiwari, 2022. "Virtual banking and beyond," BIS Papers, Bank for International Settlements, number 120.
    22. Bank for International Settlements, 2024. "Literature review on financial technology and competition for banking services," BCBS Working Papers 43, Bank for International Settlements.
    23. Dongqing Chen & Chaoqun Ma & Liwei Zhang & Lijie Li, 2025. "Unraveling the role of data sharing in open finance diffusion: an evolutionary game approach on complex networks," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-28, December.
    24. Olivier Armantier & Sebastian Doerr & Jon Frost & Andreas Fuster & Kelly Shue, 2024. "Nothing to hide? Gender and age differences in the willingness to share data," BIS Working Papers 1187, Bank for International Settlements.
    25. Tania Babina & Saleem Bahaj & Greg Buchak & Filippo De Marco & Angus Foulis & Will Gornall & Francesco Mazzola & Tong Yu, 2024. "Customer data access and fintech entry: early evidence from open banking," Bank of England working papers 1059, Bank of England.
    26. Nathalie Jorzik & Paula Johanna Kirchhof & Frank Mueller-Langer, 2024. "Industrial data sharing and data readiness: a law and economics perspective," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 57(1), pages 181-205, April.
    27. Lizethe Berenice Méndez-Heras & Francisco Venegas-Martínez & Diego Emilio Linthon-Delgado, 2021. "Competencia en el mercado de crédito entre los bancos dominantes en México," Remef - Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF (The Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance), Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, IMEF, vol. 16(TNEA), pages 1-25, Septiembr.
    28. Ahnert, Toni & Hoffmann, Peter & Monnet, Cyril, 2025. "Payments and privacy in the digital economy," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    29. Yanfei Dong & Jiayin Hu & Yiping Huang & Han Qiu & Yingguang Zhang, 2025. "The use and disuse of FinTech credit: When buy-now-pay-later meets credit reporting," BIS Working Papers 1239, Bank for International Settlements.
    30. Laura Grassi, 2024. "In a world of Open Finance, are customers willing to share data? An analysis of the data-driven insurance business," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 14(3), pages 727-753, September.
    31. Yannelis, Constantine & Zhang, Anthony Lee, 2023. "Competition and selection in credit markets," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(2).
    32. Francisco Jesús Guerrero López & Paula Margaretic & Lucía Quesada & Federico Sturzenegger, 2024. "Banks or Fintechs? A Roadmap for Regulation," Working Papers 327, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE).
    33. Gorka Koldobika Briones de Araluze & Natalia Cassinello Plaza, 2022. "Open banking: A bibliometric analysis-driven definition," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(10), pages 1-19, October.
    34. Liu, Xiaohua & Zhao, Qiuhan, 2024. "Banking competition, credit financing and the efficiency of corporate technology innovation," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    35. Jansen, Mark & Nagel, Fabian & Yannelis, Constantine & Zhang, Anthony Lee, 2025. "Data and welfare in credit markets," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    36. Ana Maria Barbosa Casolaro & Gabriela Nogueira Rauber & Ursula Silveira Monteiro Lima, 2025. "Open banking: a systematic literature review," Journal of Banking Regulation, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 26(3), pages 340-355, September.
    37. Lwanga Elizabeth Nanziri & Paul Terna Gbahabo & Daniel Ofori-Sasu, 2026. "Open banking and financial inclusion in South Africa," Working Papers 11100, South African Reserve Bank.
    38. Jonathan Chiu & Thorsten Koeppl, 2022. "PayTech and the D(ata) N(etwork) A(ctivities) of BigTech Platforms," Staff Working Papers 22-35, Bank of Canada.
    39. Fang, Jianyu & Zhu, Jialiang, 2023. "The impact of open banking on traditional lending in the BRICS," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PA).
    40. Christa Gibbs & Benedict Guttman-Kenney & Donghoon Lee & Scott Nelson & Wilbert van der Klaauw & Jialan Wang, 2025. "Consumer Credit Reporting Data," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 63(2), pages 598-636, June.
    41. Vinicius Dezem & Swati Sachan & Marcelo Macedo & André Longaray, 2024. "Optimal data-driven strategy for in-house and outsourced technological innovations by open banking APIs," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 10(1), pages 1-30, December.
    42. Arif Perdana & Pearpilai Jutasompakorn & Sunghun Chung, 2023. "Shaping crowdlending investors’ trust: Technological, social, and economic exchange perspectives," Electronic Markets, Springer;IIM University of St. Gallen, vol. 33(1), pages 1-17, December.
    43. Vives, Xavier & Ye, Zhiqiang, 2025. "Information technology and lender competition," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    44. Vives, Xavier & Ye, Zhiqiang, 2025. "Fintech entry, lending market competition, and welfare," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
    45. Lin, Xiangyu & Zhang, S. Sarah & Zachariadis, Markos, 2025. "Open data and API adoption of U.S. banks," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    46. Francesca Pampurini & Anna Grazia Quaranta, 2024. "Assessing the Impact of Banks’ High-Tech Investments on Efficiency: What Is the Actual Relationship Direction?," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 18(6), pages 1-13, January.
    47. Jesper Akesson & John Gathergood & Edika Quispe-Torreblanca, 2023. "Preventing Payments Fraud in the FinTech Era: New Evidence from a Behavioural Experiment," Discussion Papers 2023-08, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    48. Sara Biancini & Marianne Verdier, 2023. "Bank-platform competition in the credit market," Post-Print hal-04300815, HAL.
    49. Qian Liu & Yiheng You, 2023. "FinTech and Green Credit Development—Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-23, March.
    50. Desiraju, Kanti & Mishra, Arindra Nath & Sengupta, Pooja, 2024. "Customer perceptions on open banking apps: Insights using Structural topic modeling," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    51. Giulio Cornelli & Jon Frost & Jonathan Warren & Clair Yang & Carolina Velásquez, 2024. "Retail fast payment systems as a catalyst for digital finance," BIS Working Papers 1228, Bank for International Settlements.
    52. Li, Shigang & Peng, Fanjia & Wu, Binzhen & Yang, Longjian, 2025. "Closing the information gap: Tax data sharing and small business finance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
    53. Claudio Bonvino & Marco Giorgino, 2026. "Strategic data democratization toward open finance: stakeholders’ implications," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 12(1), pages 1-43, December.
    54. Salvatore Cardillo & Raffaele Gallo & Francesco Guarino, 2021. "Main challenges and prospects for the European banking sector: a critical review of the ongoing debate," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 634, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    55. Gorka Briones de Araluze & Natalia Cassinello Plaza, 2023. "The Relevance of Initial Trust and Social Influence in the Intention to Use Open Banking-Based Services: An Empirical Study," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(3), pages 21582440231, July.
    56. Gang Kou & Yang Lu, 2025. "FinTech: a literature review of emerging financial technologies and applications," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 11(1), pages 1-34, December.
    57. Fabian Sven Karst & Mahei Manhai Li & Jan Marco Leimeister, 2025. "SynDEc: A Synthetic Data Ecosystem," Electronic Markets, Springer;IIM University of St. Gallen, vol. 35(1), pages 1-28, December.

  3. Zhou, Jidong, 2020. "Improved Information in Search Markets," MPRA Paper 100509, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Yongmin Chen, 2024. "Search and Competition Under Product Quality Uncertainty," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(2), pages 633-661, June.
    2. Moraga-González, José-Luis & Sun, Yajie, 2022. "Product Quality and Consumer Search," CEPR Discussion Papers 14669, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Liu, Lin & Wang, X. Henry, 2021. "Product differentiation and equilibrium price with partial product search," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 205(C).
    4. Mark Whitmeyer, 2020. "Persuasion Produces the (Diamond) Paradox," Papers 2011.13900, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2021.

  4. Zhou, Jidong, 2019. "Mixed Bundling in Oligopoly Markets," MPRA Paper 97432, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Hernando, Andres & Villena, Mauricio & Apablaza, Valentina, 2023. "Optimal Bidding for a Bundle of Power Transmission Infrastructure Works," MPRA Paper 120849, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 30 Apr 2024.
    2. Qiuyu Lu & Noriaki Matsushima, 2022. "Personalized pricing when consumers can purchase multiple items," ISER Discussion Paper 1192r, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka, revised Feb 2023.
    3. Drew Vollmer, 2022. "Bundling with Resale," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 70(4), pages 913-938, December.
    4. Noriaki Matsushima & Tomomichi Mizuno & Cong Pan, 2023. "Personalized pricing with heterogeneous mismatch costs," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 90(2), pages 369-388, October.
    5. Li, Jianbin & Liu, Lang & Luo, Xiaomeng & Zhu, Stuart X., 2023. "Interactive bundle pricing strategy for online pharmacies," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    6. Diego Escobari & Paan Jindapon & Nicholas G. Rupp, 2024. "Bundling in Advance Sales: Theory and Evidence from Round‐Trip versus Two One‐Way Tickets," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(4), pages 1369-1396, December.

  5. Armstrong, Mark & Zhou, Jidong, 2019. "Consumer information and the limits to competition," MPRA Paper 97123, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Charlson, G., 2021. "Rating the Competition: Seller Ratings and Intra-Platform Competition," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2106, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    2. Zhang, Weiyi & Wang, Yong, 2025. "The impact of different recommendation algorithms on consumer search behavior and merchants competition," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    3. Gambato, Jacopo & Peitz, Martin, 2025. "Platform-enabled information disclosure," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    4. Elliott, M. & Galeotti., A. & Koh., A. & Li, W., 2021. "Market Segmentation Through Information," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2105, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    5. Piolatto, A. & Schuett, Florian, 2022. "Information vs Competition : How Platform Design Affects Profits and Surplus," Discussion Paper 2022-002, Tilburg University, Tilburg Law and Economic Center.
    6. Andrea Canidio & Thomas Gall, 2024. "Information Generation in Vertically Differentiated Markets," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(1), pages 81-117, March.
    7. Teh, Christopher & Wang, Chengsi & Watanabe, Makoto, 2024. "Strategic limitation of market accessibility: Search platform design and welfare," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 216(C).
    8. Johannes Johnen & Robin Ng, 2024. "Harvesting Ratings," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2024_509v4, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany, revised Feb 2026.
    9. Agarwal, Anish & Dahleh, Munther & Horel, Thibaut & Rui, Maryann, 2024. "Towards data auctions with externalities," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 323-356.
    10. Jeffrey Mensch & Doron Ravid, 2022. "Monopoly, Product Quality, and Flexible Learning," Papers 2202.09985, arXiv.org, revised Feb 2025.
    11. Charlson, G., 2021. "Third-Degree Price Discrimination in the Age of Big Data," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2159, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    12. Ophir Friedler & Hu Fu & Anna Karlin & Ariana Tang, 2025. "Price Stability and Improved Buyer Utility with Presentation Design: A Theoretical Study of the Amazon Buy Box," Papers 2504.14793, arXiv.org.
    13. Lian, Zeng & Xu, Shuo & Zheng, Jie, 2025. "Entrant-optimal learning in a contest game," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    14. Schmutzler, Armin & Hefti, Andreas & Liu, Shuo, 2020. "Preferences, Confusion and Competition," CEPR Discussion Papers 14700, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    15. Amir Habibi, 2023. "Communicating Preferences to Improve Recommendations," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 394, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    16. Raphael Boleslavsky & Silvana Krasteva, 2025. "Limits of Disclosure in Search Markets," Papers 2506.06319, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2025.
    17. Choe, Chongwoo & Matsushima, Noriaki & Tremblay, Mark J., 2022. "Behavior-based personalized pricing: When firms can share customer information," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    18. Zemin (Zachary) Zhong, 2023. "Platform Search Design: The Roles of Precision and Price," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 42(2), pages 293-313, March.
    19. Michael Choi & Guillaume Rocheteau, 2024. "Information acquisition and price discrimination in dynamic, decentralized markets," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 53, pages 1-46, July.
    20. Lang, Matthias & Wasser, Cédric, 0. "Benefits and challenges of ambiguous product information," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society.
    21. Kai Hao Yang & Alexander K. Zentefis, 2022. "Gerrymandering and the Limits of Representative Democracy," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2328, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    22. Christoph Carnehl & Anton Sobolev & Konrad Stahl & André Stenzel, 2025. "Designing Vertical Differentiation with Information," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2025_700v2, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany, revised Feb 2026.
    23. Wenhao Li, 2020. "Using Information to Amplify Competition," Papers 2010.05342, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2020.
    24. Elliott, M. & Galeotti, A. & Koh, A. & Li, W., 2023. "Matching and Information Design in Marketplaces," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2313, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    25. Roberto Burguet & Jozsef Sakovics, 2022. "Procurement Lobbying," Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series 306, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh.
    26. Mark Whitmeyer, 2020. "Persuasion Produces the (Diamond) Paradox," Papers 2011.13900, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2021.
    27. Han, Su & Mei, Jiangqiao & Deng, Jianguang, 2025. "Does internal compliance auditing increase corporate value? The influence of accounting information quality and agency problems," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 86(PG).

  6. Deb, Joyee & Zhou, Jidong, 2018. "Reference Dependence and Choice Overload," MPRA Paper 86261, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Chowdhury, Shyamal & Smits, Joeri & Sun, Qigang, 2020. "Contract Structure, Time Preference, and Technology Adoption," IZA Discussion Papers 13590, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Chowdhury, Shyamal & Smits, Joeri & Sun, Qigang, 2020. "Contract structure, time preference, and technology adoption," GLO Discussion Paper Series 633, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

  7. Rhodes, Andrew & Watanabe, Makoto & Zhou, Jidong, 2017. "Multiproduct Intermediaries," TSE Working Papers 17-857, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised May 2020.

    Cited by:

    1. Edona Reshidi, 2022. "Vertical Bargaining and Obfuscation," Staff Working Papers 22-13, Bank of Canada.
    2. Parakhonyak, Alexei & Titova, Maria, 2018. "Shopping malls, platforms and consumer search," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 183-213.
    3. Greminger, Rafael, 2022. "Essays on consumer search," Other publications TiSEM 404020a9-8337-4950-b57f-0, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    4. Rubing Li & Arun Sundararajan, 2024. "The Rise of Recommerce: Ownership and Sustainability with Overlapping Generations," Papers 2405.09023, arXiv.org.
    5. Heski Bar-Isaac & Sandro Shelegia, 2023. "Search, Showrooming, and Retailer Variety," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 42(2), pages 251-270, March.
    6. Volker Nocke & Patrick Rey, 2024. "Consumer search, steering and choice overload," Post-Print hal-04867198, HAL.
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    20. World Bank Group, 2016. "Competition in the GCC SME Lending Markets," World Bank Publications - Reports 25404, The World Bank Group.
    21. Mark Armstrong, 2014. "Search and Ripoff Externalities," Economics Series Working Papers 715, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    22. Gomes, Renato & Tirole, Jean, 2018. "Missed Sales and the Pricing of Ancillary Goods," CEPR Discussion Papers 12832, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Articles

  1. Mark Armstrong & Jidong Zhou, 2022. "Consumer Information and the Limits to Competition," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(2), pages 534-577, February.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Andrew Rhodes & Makoto Watanabe & Jidong Zhou, 2021. "Multiproduct Intermediaries," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 129(2), pages 421-464.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Zhou, Jidong, 2021. "Mixed bundling in oligopoly markets," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 194(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. Andrew Rhodes & Jidong Zhou, 2019. "Consumer Search and Retail Market Structure," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(6), pages 2607-2623, June.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Fershtman, Chaim & Fishman, Arthur & Zhou, Jidong, 2018. "Search and categorization," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 225-254.
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  6. Jidong Zhou, 2017. "Competitive Bundling," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 85, pages 145-172, January.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  7. Jie Ma & Jidong Zhou, 2017. "A Note On Foreign Direct Investment And Exports In Vertically Differentiated Industries," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 69(2), pages 138-146, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Maza, Adolfo & Gutiérrez-Portilla, Paula, 2022. "Outward FDI and exports relation: A heterogeneous panel approach dealing with cross-sectional dependence," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 174-189.
    2. Onur A. Koska, 2020. "Sourcing product quality for foreign market entry," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 156(3), pages 669-702, August.

  8. Mark Armstrong & Jidong Zhou, 2016. "Search Deterrence," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 83(1), pages 26-57.
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  9. Jidong Zhou, 2014. "Multiproduct Search and the Joint Search Effect," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 104(9), pages 2918-2939, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Yuta KITTAKA, 2018. "Multiproduct Firms, Consumer Search, and Demand Heterogeneity," ISER Discussion Paper 1024, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka.
    2. Liu, Lin & Wang, X. Henry & Yu, Haojun, 2022. "Sequential search with partial depth," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 216(C).
    3. José L. Moraga-González & Zsolt Sándor & Matthijs R. Wildenbeest, 2014. "Prices, Product Differentiation, and Heterogeneous Search Costs," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-080/VII, Tinbergen Institute.
    4. Sander Heinsalu, 2020. "Greater search cost reduces prices," Papers 2004.01238, arXiv.org.
    5. Dubois, Pierre & Perrone, Helena, 2015. "Price Dispersion and Informational Frictions: Evidence from Supermarket Purchases," TSE Working Papers 15-606, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Sep 2017.
    6. Fabra, Natalia & Montero, Juan Pablo, 2020. "Product Lines and Price Discrimination in Markets with Information Frictions," CEPR Discussion Papers 12046, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    7. Carrasco, Jose A. & Harrison, Rodrigo, 2023. "Costly multi-unit search," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    8. Andrew Rhodes & Jidong Zhou, 2019. "Consumer Search and Retail Market Structure," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(6), pages 2607-2623, June.
    9. Cao, Yiran & Chen, Yongmin & Ding, Yucheng & Zhang, Tianle, 2022. "Search and competition in expert markets," MPRA Paper 122509, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 27 Oct 2024.
    10. Liang Guo, 2021. "Endogenous Evaluation and Sequential Search," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 40(3), pages 413-427, May.
    11. Sander Heinsalu, 2018. "Competitive pricing despite search costs if lower price signals quality," Papers 1806.00898, arXiv.org.
    12. Armstrong, Mark & John, Vickers, 2023. "Multibrand price dispersion," MPRA Paper 119322, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    13. Greminger, Rafael, 2022. "Essays on consumer search," Other publications TiSEM 404020a9-8337-4950-b57f-0, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    14. Raluca M. Ursu & Daria Dzyabura, 2020. "Retailers’ product location problem with consumer search," Quantitative Marketing and Economics (QME), Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 125-154, June.
    15. Greg Kaplan & Guido Menzio & Leena Rudanko & Nicholas Trachter, 2016. "Relative Price Dispersion: Evidence and Theory," Working Paper 16-2, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
    16. Koster, Hans R.A. & Pasidis, Ilias & van Ommeren, Jos, 2019. "Shopping externalities and retail concentration: Evidence from dutch shopping streets," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    17. Heski Bar-Isaac & Sandro Shelegia, 2023. "Search, Showrooming, and Retailer Variety," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 42(2), pages 251-270, March.
    18. Alcalde, Pilar & Vial, Bernardita, 2022. "Implicit trade‐offs in replacement rates: Consumer preferences for firms, intermediaries and annuity attributes," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    19. Janssen, Maarten & Shelegia, Sandro, 2017. "Beliefs and Consumer Search in a Vertical Industry," MPRA Paper 85134, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    20. Zhou, Jidong, 2020. "Improved Information in Search Markets," MPRA Paper 100509, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    21. Xingyue (Luna) Zhang & James A. Dearden & Yuliang Yao, 2022. "Let them stay or let them go? Online retailer pricing strategy for managing stockouts," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 31(11), pages 4173-4190, November.
    22. Jay Lu & Simon Board, 2015. "Information Provision and Consumer Search," 2015 Meeting Papers 1427, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    23. Brett Hollenbeck & Renato Zaterka Giroldo, 2022. "Winning Big: Scale and Success in Retail Entrepreneurship," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 41(2), pages 271-293, March.
    24. Hämäläinen, Saara, 2022. "Multiproduct search obfuscation," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    25. Qu, Chuang & Liu, Hanzhen & Wang, Sai, 2025. "Is ranking position equal to pricing power?—Evidence from Chinese e-commerce platforms," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    26. Greg Kaplan & Guido Menzio, 2015. "The Morphology Of Price Dispersion," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 56(4), pages 1165-1206, November.
    27. Leung,Justin H. & Hee Kwon (Samuel) Seo, 2022. "How Do Government Transfer Payments Affect Retail Prices and Welfare ? Evidence from SNAP," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10075, The World Bank.
    28. Rhodes, Andrew & Watanabe, Makoto & Zhou, Jidong, 2017. "Multiproduct Intermediaries," TSE Working Papers 17-857, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised May 2020.
    29. Rhodes, Andrew & Watanabe, Makoto & Zhou, Jidong, 2017. "Multiproduct Intermediaries and Optimal Product Range," MPRA Paper 82136, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    30. Richards, Timothy J. & Bonnet, Celine & Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra, "undated". "Complementarity and Bargaining Power," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258022, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    31. Qingwei Jin & Mengyan Zhu & Yi Yang & Lin Liu, 2022. "Consumer search with anticipated regret," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 31(8), pages 3337-3351, August.
    32. Sander Heinsalu, 2021. "Competitive pricing despite search costs when lower price signals quality," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 71(1), pages 317-339, February.
    33. Chen, Yongmin & Li, zhuozheng & Zhang, Tianle, 2019. "A Search Model of Experience Goods," MPRA Paper 93547, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    34. Moraga-González, José-Luis & Wildenbeest, Matthijs & Sándor, Zsolt, 2015. "Prices and Heterogeneous Search Costs," CEPR Discussion Papers 10657, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    35. Ding, Yucheng & Zhang, Tianle, 2018. "Price-directed Consumer Search," MPRA Paper 93552, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    36. Jidong Zhou & Andrew Rhodes, 2015. "A Search Theory of Retail Market Structure," 2015 Meeting Papers 409, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    37. Zewdie Habte Shikur, 2023. "Competitive agricultural input markets in Ethiopia: Theoretical promises versus reality," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(6), pages 1276-1298, August.
    38. Chen, Yongmin, 2023. "Search and Competition Under Product Quality Uncertainty," MPRA Paper 116609, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    39. Simon Board & Jay Lu, 2018. "Competitive Information Disclosure in Search Markets," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 126(5), pages 1965-2010.
    40. Martin Obradovits & Philipp Plaickner, 2023. "Price-Directed Search, Product Differentiation and Competition," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 63(3), pages 317-348, November.
    41. Kohei Kawaguchi & Kosuke Uetake & Yasutora Watanabe, 2019. "Effectiveness of Product Recommendations Under Time and Crowd Pressures," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 38(2), pages 253-273, March.

  10. Ioana Chioveanu & Jidong Zhou, 2013. "Price Competition with Consumer Confusion," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 59(11), pages 2450-2469, November.
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  11. Zhou, Jidong, 2011. "Ordered search in differentiated markets," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 253-262, March.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  12. Mark Armstrong & Jidong Zhou, 2011. "Paying for Prominence," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(556), pages 368-395, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  13. Jidong Zhou, 2011. "Reference Dependence and Market Competition," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(4), pages 1073-1097, December.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  14. Mark Armstrong & John Vickers & Jidong Zhou, 2009. "Consumer Protection and the Incentive to Become Informed," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 7(2-3), pages 399-410, 04-05.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  15. Mark Armstrong & John Vickers & Jidong Zhou, 2009. "Prominence and consumer search," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 40(2), pages 209-233, June.
    See citations under working paper version above.
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