3 papers
econ.EM2026
Valuing Winners: When and How to Correct for Selection Bias in Randomized Experiments
Ron Berman, Walter W. Zhang, Hangcheng Zhao
Decision-makers often deploy the best-performing treatment from a randomized experiment, creating a winner's curse: selection favors treatments whose observed outcomes are high par…
econ.GN2026
Strategic Response of News Publishers to Generative AI
Hangcheng Zhao, Ron Berman
Generative AI can adversely impact news publishers by lowering consumer demand. It can also reduce demand for newsroom employees, and increase the creation of news "slop." However,…
econ.GN2025
Algorithmic Collusion of Pricing and Advertising on E-commerce Platforms
Hangcheng Zhao, Ron Berman
When online sellers use AI learning algorithms to automatically compete on e-commerce platforms, there is concern that they will learn to coordinate on higher than competitive pric…