App-based mobility services have brought large consumer benefits by expanding choice and improving service quality, as well as driving down consumer prices and creating new jobs. At the same time, the rapid growth of these new services has given rise to concerns about a range of actual or...

This dissertation explores empirical questions in corporate finance and industrial economics, particularly the mobile application (app) market. The first chapter is titled “Venture Capital Investment and the Role of Traction: Evidence from Mobile Entrepreneurship.” An ongoing debate is how...