报告题目:Surfing Incognito:Welfare Effects of Anonymous Shopping
报 告 人:张雪菲(产业组织与企业组织研究中心硕士研究生)
报告时间: 2025年10月17日(周五)14:00-15:30
报告地点:博学楼212
主办单位:产业组织与企业组织研究中心
【内容摘要】
This paper studies consumers’ incentives to hide their purchase histories when the seller’s prices depend on previous behavior. Through distinct channels, hiding both hinders and facilitates trade.
Indeed, the social optimum involves hiding to some extent, yet not fully. Two opposing effects determine whether a consumer hides too much or too little:the first-period social gains are only partially internalized, and there is a private (socially irrelevant) second-period gain due to price differences. If the discount factor is large, the second effect dominates and there is socially excessive hiding. This result is reversed if the discount factor is small.
【文章信息】
Lagerlöf, J. 2023, Surfing Incognito:Welfare Effects of Anonymous Shopping, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 87: 102917.
撰稿:宁浩凯 审核:郭晓丹 单位:产业组织与企业组织研究中心