Alessandro Bonatti

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How Do Firms Make Money Selling Digital Goods Online?

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2363658
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2014
Anja Lambrecht, Avi Goldfarb, Alessandro Bonatti, Anindya Ghose, Daniel G. Goldstein, Randall A. Lewis, Anita Rao, Navdeep S. Sahni and Song Yao
London Business School, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Microsoft Research New York City, Amazon, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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revenue models, Internet, online advertising, digital goods, content, information, advertising, cookies

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The Economics of Social Data

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The Economics of Social Data

Bergemann, D., Bonatti, A. and Gan, T. (2022), The economics of social data. The RAND Journal of Economics, 53: 263-296.
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Tan Gan
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Social data, Personal information, Consumer privacy, Privacy paradox, Data intermediaries, Data externality, Data flow, Data policy, Data rights

The Economics of Social Data: An Introduction

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2171 (2019)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2019
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Individual Data, Social Data, Informational Externality, Internet Platforms, Data Collection, Data Markup

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Targeting in Advertising Markets: Implications for Offline vs. Online Media

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Targeting in Advertising Markets: Implications for Offline vs. Online Media

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1758R
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Aug 2010
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Targeting, Advertising, Online Advertising, Sponsored Search, Media Markets

Targeting in Advertising Markets: Implications for Offline vs. Online Media

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1758
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Mar 2010
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Targeting, Advertising, Online advertising, Sponsored search, Media markets

Targeting in Advertising Markets: Implications for Offline vs. Online Media

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7988
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Nov 2010
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Advertising, Internet Advertising, Media Markets, Sponsored Search, Targeting

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The Design and Price of Information

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The Design and Price of Information

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2049
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Jul 2016
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Alex Smolin
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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selling information, experiments, mechanism design, price discrimination, product differentiation

The Design and Price of Information

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2049R
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 Jun 2017
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Alex Smolin
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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Information design, Price of information, Statistical experiments, Mechanism design, Price discrimination, Hypothesis testing

The Design and Price of Information

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11412
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Alex Smolin
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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experiments, mechanism design, price discrimination, product differentiation., selling information

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The Economics of Social Data

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The Economics of Social Data

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 53, No. 263-296, 2022
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Tan Gan
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Social data, Personal information, Consumer privacy, Privacy paradox, Data intermediaries, Data externality, Data flow, Data policy, Data rights

The Economics of Social Data

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14466
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Tan Gan
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Department of Economics
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consumer privacy, data externality, data flow, data intermediaries, data policy, data rights, personal information, privacy paradox, social data

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Collaborating

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1695
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 04 May 2009 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2009
Alessandro Bonatti and Johannes Horner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Cowles Foundation
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Moral hazard, Teams, Experimentation, Collaboration, Public goods, Learning

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Markets for Information: An Introduction

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Markets for Information: An Introduction

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2142
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Aug 2018
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Markets for Information: An Introduction

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13148
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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information design, information markets, intermediaries, mechanism design, predictions, ratings

Markets for Information: An Introduction

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 11, pp. 85-107, 2019
Posted: 04 Sep 2019
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Selling Cookies

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Citation 52

Selling Cookies

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1920
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Oct 2013
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Data providers, Information sales, Targeting, Online advertising, Media markets

Selling Cookies

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1920R
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Nov 2013
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Data providers, Information sales, Targeting, Online advertising, Media markets

Selling Cookies

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1920RR
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Sep 2014
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Data providers, Data pricing, Selling information, Targeting, Online advertising, Cookies, Media markets

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Selling Experiments: Menu Pricing of Information

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1952
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Jul 2014
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti and Alex Smolin
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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Experiments, Mechanism design, Price discrimination, Product differentiation, Selling information

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Data, Competition, and Digital Platforms

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6588-21
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 13 May 2023
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Data, Privacy, Data Governance, Digital Advertising, Competition, Digital Platforms, Digital Intermediaries, Personal Data, Matching, Price Discrimination

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The Economics of Social Data: An Introduction

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2171R
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Sep 2019
Dirk Bergemann and Alessandro Bonatti
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Individual Data, Social Data, Informational Externality, Internet Platforms, Data Collection, Data Markup

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Brand-Specific Tastes for Quality

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 15 May 2014
Alessandro Bonatti
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Nonlinear pricing, multidimensional types, oligopoly, menus of contracts, product differentiation

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Career Concerns with Coarse Information

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1831
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 29 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2012
Alessandro Bonatti and Johannes Horner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Cowles Foundation
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Career concerns, Experimentation, Career paths, Up-or-out, Reputation

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Career Concerns and Market Structure

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1831R
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 06 Oct 2013
Alessandro Bonatti and Johannes Horner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Cowles Foundation
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Career concerns, Experimentation, Career paths, Up-or-out, Reputation

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Menu Pricing and Learning

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2010
Alessandro Bonatti
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Nonlinear pricing, menus of contracts, experience goods, Bayesian learning, experimentation

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Learning to Disagree in a Game of Experimentation

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1991
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Mar 2015
Alessandro Bonatti and Johannes Horner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Yale University - Cowles Foundation
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Experimentation, Free-riding, Mixed strategies, Monitoring, Delay

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Bargaining Over a New Welfare State

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4839-10, IFN Working Paper No. 713
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Sep 2010
Alessandro Bonatti and Kaj Thomsson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Maastricht University - Department of Economics
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Political Economy, LegislativeBargaining, New Deal, US Congress, Public Spending

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Bargaining Over a New Welfare State: A Model of the Regional Distribution of New Deal Funds

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2010
Alessandro Bonatti and Kaj Thomsson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Maastricht University - Department of Economics
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Political Economy, Legislative Bargaining, New Deal, US Congress, Public Spending

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The Career Effects of Scandal: Evidence from Scientific Retractions

NBER Working Paper No. w21146
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 May 2015 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Pierre Azoulay, Alessandro Bonatti and Joshua Krieger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Information design for colluding firms 

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Alessandro Bonatti, Raffaele Fiocco and Salvatore Piccolo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Bergamo - Department of Economics and University of Bergamo
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collusion, data analytics, ex ante information provision, ex post information provision, information design

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Information Revelation and Privacy Protection

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15203
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
Rossella Argenziano and Alessandro Bonatti
University of Essex and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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consumer consent, consumer privacy, data linkages, data rights, personal information, price discrimination, Ratchet Effect, signaling

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The Optimality of Upgrade Pricing

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16394
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti, Andreas Haupt and Alex Smolin
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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mechanism design, revenue maximization, strong duality, upgrade pricing

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Consumer Scores and Price Discrimination

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13004
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 26 Jun 2018
Alessandro Bonatti and Gonzalo Cisternas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Consumer Scores, information design, Persistence, price discrimination, Ratchet Effect, signaling, transparency

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The Politics of Compromise

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9910
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Alessandro Bonatti and Heikki Rantakari
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School
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bargaining, compromise, conflict, consensus, deadlines, free-riding