Information Sale and Competition

Kostas Bimpikis
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Kostas Bimpikis
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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5289-0397
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Davide Crapis
Davide Crapis
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Lyft, San Francisco, California 94107
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Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi
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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Kostas Bimpikis

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Kostas Bimpikis

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5289-0397

Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Davide Crapis

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Lyft, San Francisco, California 94107

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Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi

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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

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Published Online:25 Feb 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3068

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