3 papers
econ.TH2026
Mechanism Design for Ad-Supported Platforms
Shota Ichihashi, Doh-Shin Jeon, Byung-Cheol Kim
Many digital platforms earn revenue by selling content access and displaying ads. We study monopoly screening by a platform allocating heterogeneous content and ads to heterogeneou…
econ.TH2026
Monitoring Hierarchies in Knowledge Production
Shota Ichihashi, Fei Li, Dihan Zou
We study peer monitoring design in knowledge production. A principal leads agents who work on different but related tasks. By working on their own tasks, agents acquire information…
econ.TH2023
Algorithmic Recommendations and Strategic Pricing
Shota Ichihashi, Alex Smolin
We study algorithmic recommendations in a market with a buyer, privately informed sellers, and an algorithm that can recommend a product based on product values and posted prices b…