Discussion papers B04

Recommendation Power and Competition

715/2025, B03, B04, B05, Martin Peitz, Anton Sobolev. Forthcoming in International Journal of Industrial organization

Designing Vertical Differentiation with Information

700/2025, B03, B04, Christoph Carnehl, Anton Sobolev, Konrad Stahl, André Stenzel. First Version: August 2025

Successful Entrepreneurs Come From the Top of the Earned Income Distribution

693/2025, B04, Niklas Garnadt, Lena Füner, Konrad Stahl, Joacim Tag

Horizontal Differentiation of Tasks and Skills: Internal and External Labor Markets, Part 1

679/2025, B04, Martin Ruckes, Konrad Stahl. First Version: April 2025.

Dual Pricing in a Model of Sales

678/2025, B03, B04, Nicolas Schutz, Anton Sobolev. First Version: March 2025

Transparent Matching Mechanisms

666/2025, B04, Markus Möller. Forthcoming in Theoretical Economics

Robust Market Design with Opaque Announcements

653/2025, B04, Aram Grigoryan, Markus Möller

A Theory of Auditability for Allocation Mechanisms

652/2025, B04, Aram Grigoryan, Markus Möller

Chips in on a Merger: The Arm-Nvidia Case

647/2025, B04, Helena Perrone. Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization 98 (2025), 103130

Drivers of Switching in Autoinsurance: Evidence from Observable and Exogenous Consideration Sets

646/2025, B04, Helena Perrone, Fabricio Valiati

Demand Steering Through the Smokescreen of Stockouts: Evidence from Cigarette Vending Machines

641/2025, B04, Pablo Casas, Asis Martinez-Jerez, Helena Perrone

Equilibrium Effects in Complementary Markets: Electric Vehicle Adoption and Electricity Pricing

615/2024, B04, Pascal Heid, Kevin Remmy, Mathias Raynaert. First Version: December 2026

Product Recommendations and Price Parity Clauses

595/2024, B03, B04, B05, Martin Peitz, Anton Sobolev. First version: September 2024

Biased Recommendations and Differentially Informed Consumers

554/2024, B03, B04, B05, Martin Peitz, Anton Sobolev. Forthcoming in Economic Theory Bulletin

Regulatory Compliance with Limited Enforceability: Evidence from Privacy Policies

547/2024, B02, B04, Bernhard Ganglmair, Julia Krämer, Jacopo Gambato. First version: September 2024

Optimal Testing in Disclosure Games

543/2024, B01, B04, Avi Lichtig, Helene Mass

Learning from Online Ratings

532/2024, B04, Xiang Hui, Tobias J. Klein, Konrad Stahl

Trust in Vertical Relations

530/2024, B04, Giacomo Calzolari, Leonardo Felli, Johannes Koenen, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Konrad Stahl

A Dynamic Model of Predation

529/2024, B04, Patrick Rey, Yossi Spiegel, Konrad Stahl

Auctions with Frictions: Recruitment, Entry, and Limited Commitment

519/2024, B04, Stephan Lauermann, Asher Wolinsky. Published in The Review of Economic Studies.

Transparency in Sequential Common-Value Trade

487/2023, B04, Justus Preusser, Andre Speit

Simple Allocation with Correlated Types

486/2023, B04, Axel Niemeyer, Justus Preusser

Mechanisms without Transfers for Fully Biased Agents

485/2023, B04, Deniz Kattwinkel, Axel Niemeyer, Justus Preusser, Alexander Winter

Shaking Up the System: When Populism Disciplines Elite Politicians

473/2023, B04, Emmanuelle Auriol, Nicolas Bonneton, Mattias Polborn

Platform-Enabled Information Disclosure

468/2023, B04, B05, Jacopo Gambato, Martin Peitz. Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization 99 (2025), 103143

Non-Stationary Search and Assortative Matching

465/2023, B04, Nicolas Bonneton, Christopher Sandmann. First version: September 2023

Digital Linkage Between Markets: Does Emergence of an Informed Insurer Cause Consumer Harm?

462/2023, B04, Claudia Herresthal, Tatiana Mayskaya, Arina Nikandrova

Ad Blocking, Whitelisting, and Advertiser Competition

448/2023, B03, B04, B05, Martin Peitz, Anton Sobolev, Paul Wegener

Worst-Case Equilibria in First-Price Auctions

434/2023, B04, Vitali Gretschko, Helene Mass

Two-Dimensional Information Acquisition In Social Learning

433/2023, B04, Nina Bobkova, Helene Mass

Existence of a Non-Stationary Equilibrium in Search-And-Matching Models: TU and NTU

427/2023, B04, Christopher Sandmann, Nicolas Bonneton. First version: May 2023. Published in Theoretical Economics 20 (2025), 1411-1460.

The Market for Ethical Goods

426/2023, B04, Nicolas Bonneton

Persuasion without Priors

359/2022, B03, B04, Alexei Parakhonyak, Anton Sobolev. Forthcoming in Economic Theory

Inflated Recommendations

336/2022, B03, B04, B05, Martin Peitz, Anton Sobolev. First version: February 2022. Published in RAND Journal of Economics

Voting with Endogenous Timing

328/2022, B04, Finn Schmieter

Partnership Dissolution in a Search Market with On-The-Match Learning

327/2022, B04, Finn Schmieter

Relational Contracts and Trust in a High-Tech Industry

316/2021, B04, Giacomo Calzolari, Leonardo Felli, Johannes Koenen, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Konrad O. Stahl

Strategic Pricing and Ratings

303/2021, B04, C03, Anton Sobolev, Konrad Stahl, André Stenzel, Christoph Wolf

Relational Enforcement

295/2021, B04, Peter Wagner, Jan Knoepfle

Interview Sequences and the Formation of Subjective Assessments

268/2021, A01, B04, Jonas Radbruch, Amelie Schiprowski. First version: March 2021. Published in Review of Economic Studies 92 (2025), 1226-1256

When and Why Do Buyers Rate in Online Markets?

267/2021, B04, Xiang Hui, Tobias J. Klein, Konrad Stahl. First version: March 2021

Information Exchange and Consumer Search

246/2020, B04, Anton Sobolev

Allocation with Correlated Information: Too Good to Be True

227/2020, B04, Deniz Kattwinkel

Imitation Perfection - A Simple Rule to Prevent Discrimination in Procurement

225/2020, B04, Nicolas Fugger, Vitali Gretschko, Helene Mass, Achim Wambach. First version: October 2020. Published in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 12(3): 189-245, 2020.

Dynamic Competition for Attention

219/2020, B04, Jan Knoepfle

The Role of Caseworkers in Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from Unplanned Absences

165/2020, B04, Amelie Schiprowski. Published in Journal of Labor Economics, 38(4): 1189-1225, 2020

Benefit Duration, Job Search Behavior and Re-Employment

164/2020, B04, Andreas Lichter, Amelie Schiprowski. First version: March 2020. Published in Journal of Public Economics, 193: 104326, 2021

Strategies Under Strategic Uncertainty

157/2020, B04, Helene Mass

Robust Bidding and Revenue in Descending Price Auctions

146/2020, B04, Sarah Auster, Christian Kellner. Published in Journal of Economic Theory 199 (2022), 105072

Hidden Testing and Selective Disclosure of Evidence

145/2020, B04, Claudia Herresthal. First version: January 2020

Bidding in Common-Value Auctions with an Uncertain Number of Competitors

136/2019, B04, B05, Stephan Lauermann, Andre Speit. Published in Econometrica 91 (2023), 493-527

Overcoming Free-Riding in Bandit Games

135/2019, B04, Johannes Hörner, Nicolas Klein, Sven Rady. First version: November 2019. Published in Review of Economic Studies, 89(4): 1948-1992, 2022

Undiscounted Bandit Games

130/2019, B01, Godfrey Keller, Sven Rady. First version: October 2019. Published in Games and Economic Behavior, 124: 43-61, 2020

Persuasion and Information Aggregation in Elections

128/2019, B03, B04, Carl Heese, Stephan Lauermann. First version: September 2019. Published in Journal of Political Economy

Information Aggregation in Poisson-Elections

125/2019, B04, Mehmet Ekmekci, Stephan Lauermann. Published in Theoretical Economics 17 (2022), 1-23

Probabilistic Verification in Mechanism Design

124/2019, B04, Ian Ball, Deniz Kattwinkel

The Balance Condition in Search-and-Matching Models

120/2019, B01, B04, Stephan Lauermann, Georg Nöldeke, Thomas Tröger. Published in Econometrica, 88(2): 595-618, 2020

Costless Information and Costly Verification: A Case for Transparency

114/2019, B04, Deniz Kattwinkel, Jan Knoepfle. Published in Journal of Political Economy, 131(2): 504-548, 2023

Local Search Markets and External Competition

087/2019, B04, Patrick Legros, Konrad Stahl

Trust, Investment and Competition: Theory and Evidence from German Car Manufacturers

081/2019, B04, Giacomo Calzolari, Leonardo Felli, Johannes Koenen, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Konrad Stahl

Information Aggregation in Large Protests: A Continuum Model

080/2019, B04, Mehmet Ekmekci, Stephan Lauermann. First version: April 2019

Manipulated Electorates and Information Aggregation

066/2019, B04, Mehmet Ekmekci, Stephan Lauermann. Published in Review of Economic Studies, 87(2): 997-1033, 2020

A Common-Value Auction with State-Dependent Participation

063/2018, B04, Stephan Lauermann, Asher Wolinsky. First version: December 2018

Steady States in Search-and-Matching Models

055/2018, B01, B04, Stephan Lauermann, Georg Nöldeke, Thomas Tröger

Price Dispersion and Informational Frictions: Evidence from Supermarket Purchases

047/2018, B04, Pierre Dubois, Helena Perrone