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Due to computing and communication facilities, formal procedures, often referred to as "algorithms", are now … discuss some of the economic risks generated by the power of algorithms. …
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Algorithm-based decision support systems play an increasingly important role in decisions involving exploration tasks … the willingness of participants to follow the advice of a reinforcement learning algorithm depends on the fit between … their own exploration preferences and the algorithm's advice. We vary the weight that the algorithm places on exploration …
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We analyze the effects of better algorithmic demand forecasting on collusive profits. We show that the comparative statics crucially depend on the whether actions are observable. Thus, the optimal antitrust policy needs to take into account the institutional settings of the industry in question....
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We propose a simple and powerful numerical algorithm to compute the transition process in continuous-time dynamic … system of functional differential equations of the retarded type. We apply the Waveform Relaxation algorithm, i.e., we …
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Bubbles are omnipresent in lab experiments with asset markets. Most of these experiments were conducted in environments with only human traders. Today markets are substantially determined by algorithmic traders. Here we use a laboratory experiment to measure changes of human trading behavior if...
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Ranking algorithms are the information gatekeepers of the Internet era. We develop a stylized framework to study the … effects of ranking algorithms on opinion dynamics. We consider rankings that depend on popularity and on personalization. We …, depending on whether individuals have common or private value preferences. We also find that ranking algorithms can contribute …
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future market conditions, possibly aided by algorithms. Prices and profits are inverse u-shaped in prediction ability …
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This paper provides a simple theoretical framework to evaluate the effect of key parameters of ranking algorithms …
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We study the interaction between algorithmic advice and human decisions using high-resolution hotel-room pricing data. We document that price setting frictions, arising from adjustment costs of human decision makers, induce a conflict of interest with the algorithmic advisor. A model of advice...
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This paper addresses the steep learning curve in Machine Learning faced by non-computer scientists, particularly social scientists, stemming from the absence of a primer on its fundamental principles. I adopt a pedagogical strategy inspired by the adage ”once you understand OLS, you can work...
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