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Xavier Lambin

ESSEC Business School

3 Avenue Bernard Hirsch

CS 50105 CERGY

CERGY, CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX 95021

France

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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40

Scholarly Papers (10)

1.

Artificial Intelligence: Can Seemingly Collusive Outcomes Be Avoided?

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2023
Ibrahim Abada and Xavier Lambin
Grenoble Ecole de Management and ESSEC Business School
Downloads 1,801 (23,910)
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Machine learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning, delegated decisions, algorithmic decision-making, tacit collusion, batteries, decentralized power systems

2.

Less than meets the eye: simultaneous experiments as a source of algorithmic seeming collusion

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2024
Xavier Lambin
ESSEC Business School
Downloads 527 (132,764)

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Algorithmic decision-making, Machine learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning, tacit collusion

3.

Collusion by Mistake: Does Algorithmic Sophistication Drive Supra-Competitive Profits?

ESSEC Business School Research Paper No. 2023-01
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 May 2022 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2024
Ibrahim Abada, Xavier Lambin and Nikolay Tchakarov
Grenoble Ecole de Management, ESSEC Business School and ESSEC Business School
Downloads 379 (194,740)
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Machine learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning, delegated decisions, algorithmic decision-making, tacit collusion

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On Algorithmic Collusion and Reward-Punishment Schemes

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Andréa Epivent and Xavier Lambin
Center for Research in Economics and Statistics and ESSEC Business School
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Machine learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning, algorithmic decision-making, tacit collusion

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From black box to glass box: algorithmic explainability as a strategic decision

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2025
Adrien Raizonville and Xavier Lambin
Institut Polytechnique de Paris and ESSEC Business School
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Explainability, Algorithmic decision-making, Self-regulation, Audits, Output regulation.

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Digital Platforms: Does Promoting Competitors Promote Competition?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Oct 2019
Xavier Lambin
ESSEC Business School
Downloads 280 (271,230)

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Two-sided markets, Platforms, Tacit collusion, Entry, Quality, Advertising

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Riding together: eliciting travelers' preferences for long-distance carpooling *

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Feb 2023
Paris School of Economics (PSE), BlaBlaCar and ESSEC Business School
Downloads 268 (284,962)
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revealed preferences, carpooling, long-distance transportation, value of time, sharing economy JEL: C25, L91, R41

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Unleashing the predators: Autonomous predation and manipulation through algorithms

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2025
Ibrahim Abada and Xavier Lambin
Grenoble Ecole de Management - ESC Grenoble and ESSEC Business School
Downloads 231 (330,287)
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Machine learning, Predation, Adversarial attacks, Algorithmic decisionmaking, Algorithmic governance

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The energy efficiency gap in the rental housing market: It takes both sides to build a bridge

USAEE Working Paper No. 21-499
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 May 2021
Xavier Lambin, Joachim E. Schleich and Corinne Faure
ESSEC Business School, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) - Department of Energy Policy and Energy Systems and Grenoble Ecole de Management
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Energy efficiency gap, Split incentives, Rental housing market, Matching, Signaling, Energy performance certificates

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Changing Seats: Two-Sided Markets When Consumers Can Switch Sides

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Apr 2026
Xavier Lambin, Jérôme Pouyet and Julius Goedde
ESSEC Business School, ESSEC Business School and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Two-Sided Platforms, Flexible Users, Ridesharing, Platform Pricing