Product Ranking on Online Platforms

Mahsa Derakhshan
Mahsa Derakhshan
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University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science, College Park, Maryland 20742;
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Negin Golrezaei
Negin Golrezaei
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MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142;
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Vahideh Manshadi
Vahideh Manshadi
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Yale School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511;
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Vahab Mirrokni
Vahab Mirrokni
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Google Research, New York, New York 10011
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Mahsa Derakhshan

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University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science, College Park, Maryland 20742;

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Negin Golrezaei

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MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142;

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Vahideh Manshadi

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Yale School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511;

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Vahab Mirrokni

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Google Research, New York, New York 10011

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Published Online:5 Jan 2022https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4044

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