Design choices: Mechanism design and platform capitalism

Mechanism design is a form of optimization developed in economic theory. It casts economists as institutional engineers, choosing an outcome and then arranging a set of market rules and conditions to achieve it. The toolkit from mechanism design is widely used in economics, policymaking, and now in...

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Main Authors: Salomé Viljoen, Jake Goldenfein, Lee McGuigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-07-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211034312