Mechanism design for "free" but "no free disposal" services: The economics of personalization under privacy concerns

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1766-1780

  Chellappa, Ramnath K ^a   Shivendu, Shivendu ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Mechanism design; No free disposal; Personalization; Privacy

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVES; MECHANISM DESIGN; NO FREE DISPOSAL; PERSONALIZATIONS; PRIVACY;

ECONOMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77958066307     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1210     Document Type: Article

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