The growing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has the potential to increase productivity and improve energy efficiency. However, digital technologies also consume energy, resulting in a…
We analyse the incentives of a data broker to sell consumer-level data that enable personalised pricing to compete with firms when only a fraction of consumers — centred around one firm that we label “central” —…
Online platforms that implement reputation mechanisms typically prevent the transfer of ratings to other platforms, leading to lock-in effects and high switching costs for users. Platforms are able to capitalize…
