Online privacy and information disclosure by consumers / by Shota Ichihashi.: FB3-5/2019-22E-PDF
"I study the welfare and price implications of consumer privacy. A consumer discloses information to a multi-product seller, which learns about the consumer’s preferences, sets prices, and makes product recommendations. While the consumer benefits from accurate product recommendations, the seller may use the information to price discriminate. I show that the seller prefers to commit to not using consumer information for pricing to encourage information disclosure. However, this commitment hurts the consumer, who could be better off by pre-committing to withhold some information. In contrast to single-product models, total surplus may be lower if the seller can base prices on information"--Abstract, page ii.
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| Department/Agency | Bank of Canada. |
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| Title | Online privacy and information disclosure by consumers / by Shota Ichihashi. |
| Series title | Bank of Canada staff working paper, 1701-9397 ; 2019-22 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | "June 2019." Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-33). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2019. ©2019 |
| Author / Contributor | Ichihashi, Shota, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (ii, 46 pages). |
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| Subject terms | Electronic commerce Consumers Privacy Models |