Research Summary
Research Summary
Overview
By: Chiara Farronato
Description
Based on a broad interest in the economics of innovation and the Internet, Professor Farronato concentrates her research on the evolution of e-commerce and peer-to-peer online platforms, including platform adoption, economies of scale, and drivers of heterogeneous platform success.
Professor Farronato has investigated such phenomena as the shift in e-commerce from auctions to posted prices; matching supply and demand on peer-to-peer platforms for local and time-senstive services; and the effect of peer-to-peer entry on the market structure of existing industries.
More recently, Professor Farronato has been focusing on novel ways to collect consumer data to study the challenges that platform growth creates for their users, competitors, and regulators.
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Professor Farronato has investigated such phenomena as the shift in e-commerce from auctions to posted prices; matching supply and demand on peer-to-peer platforms for local and time-senstive services; and the effect of peer-to-peer entry on the market structure of existing industries.
More recently, Professor Farronato has been focusing on novel ways to collect consumer data to study the challenges that platform growth creates for their users, competitors, and regulators.
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