Econ Seminar - Non-competing Data Intermediaries
3:00pm - 4:30pm
LSK5047

I consider a model of markets for personal data, where data intermediaries (e.g., online platforms and data brokers) buy data from consumers and sell them to downstream firms. Competition among intermediaries has a limited impact on improving consumer welfare: If intermediaries offer high prices for data, consumers share data with multiple intermediaries, which lowers the downstream price of data and hurts intermediaries. This leads to multiple equilibria. There is a monopoly equilibrium, and an equilibrium with greater data concentration benefits intermediaries and hurts consumers. I generalize the results to arbitrary consumer preferences and study information design by data intermediaries.

Venue Opening Hour
2:45pm
Event Format
Speakers / Performers:
Dr. Shota Ichihashi
Bank of Canada

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/profile/shota-ichihashi/

Language
English
Recommended For
Alumni
Faculty and staff
PG students
Organizer
Department of Economics
Contact

Julie tel: 2358 7621 / email: fnjuwong@ust.hk

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