When private information settles the bill: Money and privacy in Google's market for smartphone applications
We shed light on a money-for-privacy trade-off in the market for smartphone applications (“apps”). Developers offer their apps at lower prices in return for greater access to personal information, and consumers choose between low prices and more privacy. We provide evidence for this pattern using da...
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INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences
2019
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