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Today, thanks to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), diverse software can communicate with each other.

API Economies and the Modularization of Production

The dozens of apps on your phone can communicate with each other thanks to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which revolutionized software beginning in the year 2000. What are the economic ramifications of modularized production, where add-ons and expansions abound?...
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Many websites moderate what speech users can post, raising debates about content moderation.

Platform Governance and Private Regulation

Published on February 27, 2026

Today, many subscribers of digital entertainment are discovering they must pay additional fees for premium content.

Subscription Fatigue and Two-Part Tariffs in the Digital Economy

Published on February 24, 2026

Today's workers may be less productive due to technological advances intended to distract them.

Attention as an Economic Resource

Published on February 21, 2026

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How to Bridge Traditional Banking with Digital Finance

Published on February 20, 2026

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Incomplete Contracts and Complex Requirements: Contract Theory and the Persistence of Bespoke Website Design Services

Published on February 20, 2026

Firms will soon be using AI modeling to determine their optimal level of output and pricing.

Algorithmic Collusion Without Communication

Published on February 20, 2026

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Shifts in the UK economy are changing attitudes to investment risk

Published on February 10, 2026

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Comparative Advantage and Specialization in Execution: Ricardo’s Law Applied to SaaS Development

Published on February 03, 2026

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Bounded Rationality and Behavioral Frictions: Why Simple Digital Tools Outcompete “Built-In” Features

Published on January 30, 2026

When you are shopping online, is the seller using psychological tricks to manipulate you into buying more?

Dark Patterns and the Economics of Consumer Mistakes

Published on January 23, 2026

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AI can work much faster than human employees, but rates of AI hallucinations and other errors remain significant.

The Economics of AI Hallucinations and Error Costs

AI can be great, but "AI hallucinations" are frequent when AI software attempts to plug in data holes with information that it creates. This can include "ghost citations" of false sources of information. What will firms do to limit the dangers of AI error?...
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