Essays on the Economics of Electronic Commerce and Social Networks

This dissertation studies the economics of electronic commerce and social networks. The first essay, "Market Mechanisms in Online Crowdfunding," systematically compares auctions with a platform-mandated posted-price mechanism in online crowdfunding. We exploit a regime change from auctions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wei, Zaiyan
Other Authors: Hirano, Keisuke
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556958