Date of Completion
8-22-2018
Embargo Period
8-22-2018
Keywords
Information Economics, Reputation, Online platforms, Patents, Litigation, Crime, Policing
Major Advisor
Talia Bar
Associate Advisor
Yizao Liu
Associate Advisor
Stephen L. Ross
Field of Study
Economics
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
In economic systems, new information or changes in information sets may have an outsized impact on the behavior of rational economic agents. Here, I investigate this relationship in three idiosyncratic scenarios. First, I look at the responses by online reputation platform users to a positive quality signal, and inspect how this effect differs across heterogeneous agents. Second, inside a theoretical model of patent litigation and settlement, I analyze parties’ responses and litigation outcomes with respect to changes in evidence regarding patent validity. Lastly, I work through a simple model of motorist and police behavior to investigate whether there are testable racial profiling implications if motorists rationally change their behavior in response to changes in visibility.
Recommended Citation
Kalinowski, Jesse, "Information and Behavior: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations into Online Reviews, Patent Litigation, and Racial Profiling" (2018). Doctoral Dissertations. 1921.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/1921