This research examines the effects of firm transparency on consumer behavior. Three essays investigate how consumer behavior changes when firms are transparent about costs, wages, and promotional strategies. Essay one investigates when and why firms benefit from revealing confidential unit cost information to consumers. A natural field experiment conducted with an online retailer suggests that cost transparency can boost sales. Subsequent controlled lab experiments replicate this basic effect and provide evidence for why it occurs. Essay two examines whether consumer behavior is influenced by the disclosure of a firm’s pay ratio - the ratio of the total compensation of the CEO to the average annual compensation of all other employees. Pilot...
In this paper, I report two studies that investigate how company information presentation and sensit...
We propose an experimental design to investigate the role of information disclosure in the market fo...
The study reports on results of a field experiment where salience of unit pricing was manipulated us...
In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are co...
In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are co...
In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are co...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Calls for increased transparency and reduced information asymmetry between service firms and their c...
This dissertation consists of three essays that focus on the theoretical analysis of regulation of f...
This paper analyzes the effect of market transparency on firm value and social surplus. I investigat...
Many firms engage in activities aimed at making prices less transparent – tactics that may be referr...
This paper analyzes the effect of market transparency on firm value and social surplus. I investigat...
In this paper, I report two studies that investigate how company information presentation and sensit...
We propose an experimental design to investigate the role of information disclosure in the market fo...
The study reports on results of a field experiment where salience of unit pricing was manipulated us...
In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are co...
In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are co...
In the last few years alone, calls for transparency by consumers have grown louder. No longer are co...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Firms are usually reluctant to disclose information about the production costs of their goods and se...
Calls for increased transparency and reduced information asymmetry between service firms and their c...
This dissertation consists of three essays that focus on the theoretical analysis of regulation of f...
This paper analyzes the effect of market transparency on firm value and social surplus. I investigat...
Many firms engage in activities aimed at making prices less transparent – tactics that may be referr...
This paper analyzes the effect of market transparency on firm value and social surplus. I investigat...
In this paper, I report two studies that investigate how company information presentation and sensit...
We propose an experimental design to investigate the role of information disclosure in the market fo...
The study reports on results of a field experiment where salience of unit pricing was manipulated us...