3 papers
econ.EM2026
To Combine or Not? Consolidating Horizontal Acquisitions in Multi-sided Market
Pallavi Pal
When a parent company acquires a horizontal competitor on the same side of a multi-sided market, it must decide whether to fully integrate the acquired platform or keep it as a sep…
econ.EM2026
Algorithm or Creative? Disentangling Algorithmic Divergent Delivery from User Ad Preferences in Digital Platforms
Pallavi Pal, Anjana Susarla
Online advertising platforms host hundreds of thousands of A/B tests, but the platform's delivery algorithm routes each creative to the audience it predicts will engage. Every two-…
econ.EM2026
Partial Identification of the Valuation Distribution in Sequential English Auctions
Dongwoo Kim, Kyoo il Kim, Pallavi Pal
This paper extends the incomplete model of Haile and Tamer (2003) from static English auctions to sequential English auctions. Because bidders may wait for future opportunities, th…