Competing with China

Competing Discourses: The Metamorphosis of Song Jiang’s Image in China

This article provides a genealogical examination of the shifting image of Song Jiang 宋江 (fl. 12 century) as presented in various discourses of officially recorded history, folk literature, and literati creation during four successive dynasties in China from the 12 century to the 17 century. Specifically, the article probes three issues: (1) the shifting roles of Song Jiang designated by differe...

Competing with Asking Prices

Competing with Asking Prices In many markets, sellers advertise their good with an asking price. This is a price at which the seller is willing to take his good off the market and trade immediately, though it is understood that a buyer can submit an offer below the asking price and that this offer may be accepted if the seller receives no better offers. Despite their prevalence in a variety of ...

Competing with Free

Competing With Strategies

We study the problem of online learning with a notion of regret defined with respect to a set of strategies. We develop tools for analyzing the minimax rates and for deriving regret-minimization algorithms in this scenario. While the standard methods for minimizing the usual notion of regret fail, through our analysis we demonstrate existence of regret-minimization methods that compete with suc...

Competing with Privacy

We analyze the implications of consumer privacy for competition in the marketplace. We consider a market where rms set prices and disclosure levels for consumer information and consumers observe both before deciding which rm to patronize and how much information to provide it with. The provision and disclosure of information presents tradeo s for all market participants. Consumers bene t from p...