Here’s a list of to-read papers, books, and blogs. I’ll be updating you on my thoughts and insights both during and after I finish each one. And before finishing at least half of the list, I promise not to be wasting any time on Instagram or any e-commerce shopping platform.
On Search Costs and Platforms
A fascinating collection of papers intersecting econ and CS.
Ngwe et al. 2019, “The Impact of Increasing Search Frictions on Online Shopping Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment”.
H. Tai Lam, “Platform Search Design and Market Power”
Submitted Paper: “Improve Buyer Utility with Search Frictions: A Case Study of the Amazon Buy Box”
Potentially Interesting Papers and Books
Camara 2023, ACM SIGecom Exchanges, “Tractable Choice”
He et al. 2021, ACM SIGecom Exchanges, “Exploiting Social Media for Fake Reviews: Evidence from Amazon and Facebook”
Misunderstandings: False Beliefs in Communication by Georg Weizsäcker
And of course, there’s Al’s Two-Sided Matching Textbook. Plus, a heap of textbooks on machine learning, statistics, stochastic processes, OM, and more. It’s going to be a challenging but rewarding journey. Wish me luck!