2 papers
econ.GN2021
The Ruble Collapse in an Online Marketplace: Some Lessons for Market Designers
John Horton
The sharp devaluation of the ruble in 2014 increased the real returns to Russians from working in a global online labor marketplace, as con- tracts in this market are dollar-denomi…
econ.GN2021
The Production and Consumption of Social Media
Apostolos Filippas, John Horton
We model social media as collections of users producing and consuming content. Users value consuming content, but doing so uses up their scarce attention, and hence they prefer con…