Algorithmic pricing and competition: Empirical evidence from the German retail gasoline market

S Assad, R Clark, D Ershov… - Journal of Political …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
We provide the first empirical analysis of the relationship between algorithmic pricing (AP)
and competition by studying the impact of adoption in Germany's retail gasoline market …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptive Algorithms and Collusion via Coupling.

M Banchio, G Mantegazza - EC, 2023 - martinobanchio.github.io
We develop a theoretical model to study strategic interactions between adaptive learning
algorithms. Applying continuous-time techniques, we uncover the mechanism responsible …

Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models

S Fish, YA Gonczarowski, RI Shorrer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.00806, 2024 - arxiv.org
The rise of algorithmic pricing raises concerns of algorithmic collusion. We conduct
experiments with algorithmic pricing agents based on Large Language Models (LLMs), and …

Algorithmic competition, with humans

M Leisten - Available at SSRN 4733318, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
I model algorithmic pricing as an automated rule that maps a rival's prices to the firm's own. I
introduce managerial override, allowing managers to override these rules after they are …

Dynamic Price Competition with Capacity Constraints

We study dynamic price competition between sellers offering differentiated products with
limited capacity and a common sales deadline. In every period, firms simultaneously set …

[图书][B] Reinforcement learning and collusion

C Possnig - 2023 - cjmpossnig.github.io
This paper presents an analytical characterization of the long run policies learned by
algorithms that interact repeatedly. These algorithms update policies which are maps from …

Artificial intelligence and spontaneous collusion

M Banchio, G Mantegazza - arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.05946, 2022 - arxiv.org
We develop a tractable model for studying strategic interactions between learning
algorithms. We uncover a mechanism responsible for the emergence of algorithmic …

Algorithms can learn to collude: A folk theorem from learning with bounded rationality

A Cartea, P Chang, J Penalva… - Available at SSRN …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
We use a generalization of smooth fictitious play with bounded m-memory strategies to
model learning with bounded rationality. With this learning model, we prove a Folk theorem …

Buyer-Optimal Algorithmic Consumption

S Ichihashi, A Smolin - Available at SSRN 4635866, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
We analyze a bilateral trade model in which the buyer's value for the product and the seller's
costs are uncertain, the seller chooses the product price, and the product is recommended …

The effect of demand variability on the adoption and design of a third party's pricing algorithm

JE Harrington Jr - Economics Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Consider a data analytics company supplying a pricing algorithm that adjusts price to a
changing demand state. For this setting, I show the pricing algorithm is designed and priced …