Tat Chan

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

One Brookings Drive

Campus Box 1133

St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

The Impact of a More Diversified Recommender System on Digital Platforms: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 25 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 13 May 2024
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, NetEase Cloud Music, Inc. and NetEase Cloud Music, Inc.
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Recommender Systems, Social Media Platforms, Recommendation Diversity, Field Experiment

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The Value of Logistic Flexibility in E-commerce

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2024
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Alibaba Group and Alibaba Group
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Online Retailing, Logistics Operations, Empirical Operations, Structural Estimation

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Consumer Search and Purchase: An Empirical Investigation of Retargeting Based on Consumer Online Behaviors

Marketing Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2020
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Fudan University - School of Management
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consumer retargeting, consumer search, sequential search, online shopping

4.

The Value of Verified Employment Data for Consumer Lending: Evidence from Equifax

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2021
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Equifax, Inc., Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Inclusive Access to Credit; Value of Verified Data; Digital Verification

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Using Algorithmic Scores to Measure the Impacts of Targeting Promotional Messages

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 07 May 2024
Annie Shi, Tat Chan and Dennis Zhang
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Information Asymmetry among Investors and Strategic Bidding in Peer-to-Peer Lending

Information Systems Research, forthcoming
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 20 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2021
Kai Lu, Zaiyan Wei and Tat Chan
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Purdue University - Daniels School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads 361 (177,252)
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Peer-To-Peer Lending, Online Auctions, Information Asymmetry, Sniping, Squatting

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Avoiding Peer Information and Its Effects on Charity Crowdfunding: a Field Experiment

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 12 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance
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information avoidance, charity giving, crowdfunding, peer comparison, behavioral economics, field experiment

8.

The Impact of Recommender Systems on Content Consumption and Production: Evidence from Field Experiments and Structural Modeling

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Aug 2024
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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User-Generated Content, Recommender System, Field Experiment, Structural Model, Platform Economics

9.

Designing Dealer Compensation in the Auto Loan Market: Implications from a Policy Experiment

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2022
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Equifax, Inc.
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auto loan, interest-rate markup, dealer compensation, consumer protection, Nash bargaining

10.

Targeted Incentives, Broad Impacts: Evidence from an E-commerce Platform

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2022
Xiang Hui, Meng Liu and Tat Chan
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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targeted incentives, quality provision, signaling, demand expansion

11.

The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Privacy Protection in Social Media: A Large-Scale Field Experiment and Structural Analysis

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2024
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Privacy, Privacy Protection, Social Media, Field Experiment, Structural Model

12.

The Effect of Intellectual Protection Policies on Online Retail Platforms

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2023
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Antai College of Economics and Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Fudan University - School of Management and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads 208 (311,879)
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Intellectual property protection, advertising effect, e-commerce, digital platform

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Price Search and Periodic Price Discounts

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Jul 2016
Xing Zhang, Tat Chan and Ying Xie
Fudan University - School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Texas at Dallas
Downloads 169 (376,679)
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Price variation, price competition, search cost, mixed pricing strategy, non-parametric empirical likelihood method

14.

Spillover Effects of Online Reviews: Evidence from the Hotel Industry

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 May 2023
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads 166 (382,575)
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Online reviews, heterogeneous treatment effects, spillover effects, information spillover, Synthetic Control Method, natural experiment

15.

How Does Bonus Payment Affect the Demand for Auto Loans and Their Delinquency?

forthcoming, Journal of Marketing Research
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2021
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Consumer Financial Decision Making, Bonus, Auto Loan Demand, Delinquency Risk

16.

Collaborate to Compete: An Empirical Matching Game under Incomplete Information in Rank-Order Tournaments

Forthcoming at Marketing Science
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Oct 2022
Tat Chan, Yijun Chen and Chunhua Wu
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Imperial College London, Imperial College Business School and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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Matching game, Collaboration, Incomplete information

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Using Field Experiments to Infer Cross-Side Network Effects in the Ride-Sharing Market: How Does Driver Supply Impact Rider Orders, Cancellations, and Customer Lifetime Value?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 May 2023
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Students, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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sharing economy, digital platform, field experiment, CLV

18.

Advertising and Price Competition in a Manufacturer-Retailer Channel

International Journal of Research in Marketing (2017, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Apr 2017
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Peking University - HSBC School of Business
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Incentives from Career Concerns in a Contract Package: An Empirical Investigation

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Apr 2023
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Faculty of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Economic Research
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incentive, career, commission

20.

Relational Aspects of Vicarious Retribution: Evidence from Professional Baseball

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Aug 2021
Fudan University - School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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conflict, retribution, relationships

21.

A New Estimator for Encouragement Design in Randomized Controlled Trials When the Exclusion Restriction Is Violated

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2025
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, George Washington University - School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Industry Collaborators and Industry Collaborators
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Randomized Controlled Trials, Noncompliance, Encouragement Design, Instrumental Variable, Exclusion Restriction, Heteroskedasticity

22.

Targeted Incentives, Broad Impacts: Evidence from an E-Commerce Platform

CESifo Working Paper No. 9894
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Aug 2022
Xiang Hui, Meng Liu and Tat Chan
Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads 60 (763,855)
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targeted incentives, quality provision, signalling, demand expansion

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The Technological Conundrum: How Rapidly Advancing Technology Can Lead to Commoditization

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Marketing Area
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High technology markets, brand strategy, evolving consumer preferences, industry life cycle

24.

Physician Education Seminars and the Effects on New Drug Prescriptions: Evidence from Verquvo

Posted: 07 Apr 2025
The University of Hong Kong, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics

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An Empirical Investigation of the Optimal Design of Quantity-Based Subscription Plans

Posted: 18 Dec 2024
Qinxin Chen, Yijun Chen and Tat Chan
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Imperial College London, Imperial College Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

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