Benjamin G. Edelman

Microsoft Corporation

One Microsoft Way

Redmond, WA 98052

United States

http://www.benedelman.org/

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-054
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Jan 2014
Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Luca
Microsoft Corporation and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
Downloads 15,491 (575)
Citation 19

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Bitcoin: Economics, Technology, and Governance

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 29, Issue 2 - Spring 2015, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 15-015
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 09 May 2015
Rainer Böhme, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin G. Edelman and Tyler Moore
University of Innsbruck, Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft Corporation and Harvard University
Downloads 5,334 (3,561)
Citation 95

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Efficiencies and Regulatory Shortcuts: How Should We Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber?

Stanford Technology Law Review 19 (2016): 293-328, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 16-026
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman and Damien Geradin
Microsoft Corporation and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)
Downloads 3,772 (6,365)
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platforms; regulation; sharing economy; Uber; Airbnb; universal service; Insurance

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To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts

Marketing Letters, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2014
Benjamin G. Edelman, Sonia Jaffe and Scott Duke Kominers
Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Research and Harvard University
Downloads 2,545 (11,870)
Citation 13

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Voucher Discounts, Groupon, Experience Goods, Repeat Purchase.

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Internet Filtering in China

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Apr 2003
Jonathan L. Zittrain and Benjamin G. Edelman
Harvard University - Harvard Law School and Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 2,080 (16,410)
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Internet, China, cyberlaw, Asia, filtering, blocking, pornography, government

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Does Google Leverage Market Power Through Tying and Bundling?

Journal of Competition Law and Economics 11, no. 2 (June 2015): 365-400
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 May 2014 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2015
Benjamin G. Edelman
Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 1,982 (17,741)
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Competition, antitrust, Google, tying

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Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9, no. 2 (April 2017) 1-22, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 16-069
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman, Michael Luca and Dan Svirsky
Microsoft Corporation, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard Business School
Downloads 1,962 (18,079)
Citation 186

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Risk, Information, and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing

Journal of Marketing Research 52, no. 1 (February 2015): 1-12, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Unit, Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman and Wesley Brandi
Microsoft Corporation and ipensatori.com
Downloads 1,768 (21,230)
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An Introduction to the Competition Law and Economics of 'Free'

Forthcoming, Antitrust Chronicle, Competition Policy International
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Sep 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman and Damien Geradin
Microsoft Corporation and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)
Downloads 1,564 (25,626)
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two-sided markets, zero pricing, antitrust, competition, Internet, disruptive innovation, platforms, data

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Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile

European Competition Journal 12 (2016): 159-194, Harvard PON Working Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman and Damien Geradin
Microsoft Corporation and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)
Downloads 1,273 (34,733)
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Android, antitrust, competition policy, exclusion, mobile communication devices, remedies, tying

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Measuring the Impact of AI on Information Worker Productivity

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 01 Dec 2023
Benjamin G. Edelman, Donald Ngwe and Sida Peng
Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 1,244 (35,914)
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Artificial Intelligence, Productivity

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Randomized Controlled Trials for Microsoft Copilot for Security

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2024
Benjamin G. Edelman, James Bono, Sida Peng, Roberto Rodriguez and Sandra Ho
Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 1,136 (41,145)

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security, AI, RCT

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Whither Uber?: Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks

Competition Policy International, Spring/Autumn 2015
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman
Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 712 (77,722)
Citation 1

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Transportation Network Company; Uber; Lyft; regulation; lawfulness

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Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence

Organization Science 26, no. 1 (January-February 2015): 78-98
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman and Ian Larkin
Microsoft Corporation and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
Downloads 551 (107,649)
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Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords

American Economic Review 97, no. 1 (March 2007): 242–259
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2015
Benjamin G. Edelman, Michael Ostrovsky and Michael Schwarz
Microsoft Corporation, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs
Downloads 403 (154,996)
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auctions, economic theory, microeconomics, advertising, computer industry

Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords

NBER Working Paper No. w11765
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2022
Michael Ostrovsky, Michael Schwarz and Benjamin G. Edelman
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs and Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 116 (512,788)
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Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results

Journal of Marketing Research 53, no. 6 (2016), 881-900
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2018
Benjamin G. Edelman and Zhenyu Lai
Microsoft Corporation and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 427 (146,450)
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Search engines, organic search, sponsored search advertising, user interface, channel substitution

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Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West

In Beautiful Security, edited by John Viega. O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2014
Benjamin G. Edelman
Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 411 (153,120)
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Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears

Financial Cryptography and Data Security: Proceedings of the International Conference (September 2009).
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2014
Benjamin G. Edelman
Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 373 (170,637)
Citation 1

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online advertising, screening, signaling, contracts, fraud

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Price Coherence and Adverse Intermediation

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 14-052
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 02 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2015
Benjamin G. Edelman and Julian Wright
Microsoft Corporation and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Economics
Downloads 329 (195,688)
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intermediaries, platforms, two-sided markets, price coherence

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From the Digital to the Physical: Federal Limitations on Regulating Online Marketplaces

56 Harv. J. on Legis. 141 (2019), Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 18-063, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 18-11
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2019
Benjamin G. Edelman and Abbey Stemler
Microsoft Corporation and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law
Downloads 320 (201,635)
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Marketplaces, Peer To Peer, Sharing Economy, Decentralized, Regulation, Preemption, Markets, Internet, Government Legislation, Laws and Statutes, United States, Innovation, Communications Decency Act, platform

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Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It

Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications 14 (2009): 95–106.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2014
Benjamin G. Edelman
Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 297 (218,357)
Citation 7

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Market design, IP addresses, network, Internet

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Price Coherence and Excessive Intermediation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 130, no. 3 (August 2015): 1283-1328
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2015
Benjamin G. Edelman and Julian Wright
Microsoft Corporation and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Economics
Downloads 291 (223,189)
Citation 28

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intermediaries, platforms, two-sided markets, price coherence

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Competing Ad Auctions

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 10-055
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2013
Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin G. Edelman and Hoan Lee
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Microsoft Corporation and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
Downloads 284 (228,856)
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CPC/CPA Hybrid Bidding in a Second Price Auction

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 09-074
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Benjamin G. Edelman and Hoan Lee
Microsoft Corporation and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
Downloads 283 (229,745)
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On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions

Harvard Business School NOM Working Paper No. 08-056
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2012
University of Washington, Brown University, Microsoft Corporation, University of Washington - College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, University of Washington, Brown University and Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs
Downloads 172 (369,610)
Citation 2

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Keyword auctions, bidding strategies, convergence

On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions

NBER Working Paper No. w13788
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
University of Washington, Brown University, Microsoft Corporation, University of Washington - College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, University of Washington, Brown University and Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs
Downloads 60 (776,644)
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Sound Like Me: Findings from a Randomized Experiment

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 07 Dec 2023
Benjamin G. Edelman and Donald Ngwe
Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Corporation
Downloads 203 (318,600)

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Artificial intelligence, large language model, Turing test

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Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 10-054
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Jan 2010
Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Schwarz
Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs
Downloads 193 (333,708)
Citation 10

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Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Unit, Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2015
Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Schwarz
Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs
Downloads 181 (353,992)

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market design, externalities, Internet, intermediaries

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Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines

Information Economics and Policy 24, no. 1 (March 2012): 75–89.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2015
Benjamin G. Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist
Microsoft Corporation and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 177 (361,009)
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Internet advertising, search engines, disclosure, regulation, consumer protection, survey methods

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Legislating for Decentralized Marketplaces

Posted: 12 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2016
Benjamin G. Edelman and Nancy Leong
Microsoft Corporation and University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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sharing economy, new economy, gig economy, 1099 economy, legislation, regulation