Platform Design When Sellers Use Pricing Algorithms
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- Johnson, Justin Pappas & Rhodes, Andrew & Wildenbeest, Matthijs, 2020. "Platform Design when Sellers Use Pricing Algorithms," TSE Working Papers 20-1146, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
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Keywords
Algorithms; Artificial intelligence; Collusion; Platform design;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L00 - Industrial Organization - - General - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BIG-2021-05-24 (Big Data)
- NEP-CMP-2021-05-24 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-COM-2021-05-24 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-LAW-2021-05-24 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2021-05-24 (Regulation)
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