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Steering Fallible Consumers

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Paul Heidhues *
M
Mats Köster
B
Botond Kőszegi
DOI:10.1093/ej/ueac093delete
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摘要

摘要

En 中文
Online intermediaries with information about a consumer's tendencies often 'steer' her toward products she is more likely to purchase. We analyse the welfare implications of this practice for 'fallible' consumers, who make statistical and strategic mistakes in evaluating offers. The welfare effects depend on the nature and quality of the intermediary's information and on properties of the consumer's mistakes. In particular, steering based on high-quality information about the consumer's mistakes is typically harmful, sometimes extremely so. We argue that much real-life steering is of this type, raising the scope for a broader regulation of steering practices.
Keyword:
PROJECTION BIAS
PRIVACY
SEARCH
ECONOMICS
PROBABILITY
COMPETITION
WEATHER

期刊

Economic Journal 封面图
Economic Journal
IF:
3.6
论文数:
5.5K
被引数:
1.6W

机构

U
university of bonn
学者数:
3.3W
论文数: 2.6W
被引数: 29
H
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf
学者数:
1.8W
论文数: 1.4W
被引数: 126
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