3 papers
econ.GN2026
Unintended Consequences of Recommender System Interventions: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Shilei Luo, Song Yao, Dennis J. Zhang
Platform content interventions in recommendation systems are typically evaluated as static "nudges", ignoring that the systems adaptively learn from the resulting user behavior. We…
econ.GN2026
Behavioral Transfer in AI Agents: Evidence and Privacy Implications
Shilei Luo, Zhiqi Zhang, Hengchen Dai +1
AI agents powered by large language models are increasingly acting on behalf of humans in social and economic environments. Prior research has focused on their task performance and…
econ.EM2026
Personalized Policy Learning through Discrete Experimentation: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Zhiqi Zhang, Zhiyu Zeng, Ruohan Zhan +1
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), or A/B testing, have become the gold standard for optimizing various operational policies on online platforms. However, RCTs on these platforms…