Working Paper

Platform Recommendation Algorithms, Niche Market Entry, and Quality Competition

Gaoyang Cai, Xia Han and Grace Gu

May 19, 2025

Uses UK regulation of Amazon’s recommendation algorithm as a natural experiment for a difference-in-differences analysis of its impact on product variety, quality, price and purchase in niche markets.

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