Three essays on consumer search and platform design

Gambato, Jacopo

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URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-672380
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2024
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Peitz, Martin
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Law and Economics > Industrieökonomik, Wettbewerbspolitik u. Regulierung (Peitz 2007-)
Subject:	330 Economics
Keywords (English):	consumer search , learning , platform design
Abstract:	This dissertation contains three chapters on how information affects market outcomes, the role of information design, and learning with search frictions. Consumer data is accumulated in incredible volumes, and at evergrowing speed. The rise of data brokers testifies to the importance of data collection, manipulation, and analysis for profitability in the modern economy. Data, and information more in general, plays different roles in different contexts. For this reason, this dissertation focuses on the role of information in several settings.