We build a model of information search within a web-page using eye-tracking data collected during two incentive-compatible, online shopping experiments. We assume that shoppers make eye fixation decisions based on the attractiveness of the visual elements on the page and the effort of moving...

Many companies create and manage communities where consumers observe and exchange information about the effort expended by other consumers. Such communities are especially popular in the areas of fitness, education, dieting, and financial savings. We study how to optimally structure such...

Research examining the process of individual decision making over time is briefly reviewed. We focus on two major areas of work in choice dynamics: research that has examined how current choices are influenced by the history of previous choices, and newer work examining how choices may be made...