Smart tourism has gained popularity in recent years. While we praise the benefits it brings,
we should not neglect the associated challenges of data privacy and security. This study …

We present the largest and most detailed measurement of online tracking conducted to date,
based on a crawl of the top 1 million websites. We make 15 types of measurements on each …

This article summarizes and draws connections among diverse streams of theoretical and
empirical research on the economics of privacy. We focus on the economic value and …

Today, many e-commerce websites personalize their content, including Netflix (movie
recommendations), Amazon (product suggestions), and Yelp (business reviews). In many …

Though web tracking and its privacy implications have received much attention in recent
years, that attention has come relatively recently in the history of the web and lacks full …

Online shops could offer each website customer a different price. Such personalized pricing
can lead to advanced forms of price discrimination based on individual characteristics of …

In a world where traditional notions of privacy are increasingly challenged by the myriad
companies that collect and analyze our data, it is important that decision-making entities are …

This paper provides an overview of the relevant economic research literature on platforms or
multi-sided online markets. It discusses platforms from a regulatory policy angle, including …

There is a growing concern about the extent to which algorithmic personalization limits
people's exposure to diverse viewpoints, thereby creating “filter bubbles” or “echo …

This paper studies three specific issues around the application of competition policy to big
data. The first issue relates to market power assessment and analyses the power given by …