We survey a recent and growing literature on markets for information. We offer a
comprehensive view of information markets through an integrated model of consumers …

Big data is changing every corner of economics and finance. The largest firms in the US
economy are valued chiefly for their data. Yet, these data are largely excluded from …

ABSTRACT New York City is the hot spot of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
This paper merges information on the number of tests and the number of infections at the …

A data intermediary acquires signals from individual consumers regarding their preferences.
The intermediary resells the information in a product market wherein firms and consumers …

We uncover an informational synergy between FinTech lending and cashless payments.
Theoretically, FinTech lenders screen borrowers more efficiently when borrowers use …

A concern central to the economics of privacy is that firms may use consumer data to price
discriminate. A common response is that consumers should have control over their data and …

We study the incentives of a digital business to collect and protect users' data. The users'
data the business collects improve the service it provides to consumers, but they may also …

A firm buys data from consumers to learn about some uncertain state of the world. There are
data externalities, whereby data of some consumers reveal information about other …

I introduce a model of predictive scoring. A receiver wants to predict a sender's quality. An
intermediary observes multiple features of the sender and aggregates them into a score …

The organization and coordination of cross-border e-commerce platforms in agricultural
product trading are continuously increasing, and the involvement of digital platforms has …