Pith. sign in

REVIEW 1 cited by

Flexible Demand Manipulation

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

Re-run · record.json Download PDF Read on arXiv ↗

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 2410.24191 v2 pith:V23CGY4D submitted 2024-10-31 econ.TH cs.GT

Yifan Dai , Andrew Koh This is my paper · ORCID
classification econ.THcs.GT
keywords advertisingdemandcurvemanipulationwelfareanalyzebenefitcharacterize
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal

Signed reviews

No signed human review yet.

0 comments
read the original abstract

We develop a simple framework to analyze how targeted persuasive advertising shapes market power and welfare. A designer flexibly manipulates the demand curve by influencing individual valuations at a cost. A monopolist prices against this manipulated demand curve. We fully characterize the form of optimal advertising plans under ex-ante and ex-post welfare measures. Flexibility per se is powerful, and can substantially harm or benefit consumers vis-a-vis uniform advertising. We discuss implications for regulation, intermediation, and the joint design of manipulation and information.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 1 Pith paper

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. An Economy of AI Agents

    econ.GN 2025-09 accept novelty 2.0 of 10

    A survey chapter that maps open economic questions about AI agents in markets, organizations, and institutions, arguing that current theories may need extension.

Pith tools