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Overview

Michael R. Baye is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Strategy and Management, Marketing, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The main topics of their research work include:

  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Merger and Competition Analysis
  • Diverse Legal and Medical Studies
  • Auction Theory and Applications

They have published frequently in the SSRN Electronic Journal, with a total of three publications in this venue. Some of their recent papers are:

  • "The Economics of Digital Platforms: A Guide for Regulators," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Information Economics of Competition and Regulation," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their frequent coauthors are Jeffrey Prince, Jonathan Barnett, James Cooper, Daniel A. Crane, and Kenneth G. Elzinga.

Michael R. Baye has authored books published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology, including the book "Managerial Economics & Business Strategy" published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The all-pay auction with complete information

    Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

  • Information Gatekeepers on the Internet and the Competitiveness of Homogeneous Product Markets

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan

  • Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

    Michael R. Baye

  • Rigging the lobbying process: An application of the all-pay auction

    Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

  • PRICE DISPERSION IN THE SMALL AND IN THE LARGE: EVIDENCE FROM AN INTERNET PRICE COMPARISON SITE

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

  • Information, Search, and Price Dispersion

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

  • The strategic equivalence of rent-seeking, innovation, and patent-race games

    Michael R. Baye;Heidrun C. Hoppe

  • The solution to the Tullock rent-seeking game when R > 2: Mixed-strategy equilibria and mean dissipation rates*

    Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. De Vries

  • Divisionalization, Franchising, and Divestiture Incentives in Oligopoly

    Michael R. Baye;Keith J. Crocker;Jiandong Ju

  • Price Dispersion in the Lab and on the Internet: Theory and Evidence

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan

  • Price dispersion in the lab and on the Internet: theory and evidence

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan

  • Characterizations of the Existence of Equilibria in Games with Discontinuous and Non-quasiconcave Payoffs

    Michael R. Baye;Michael R. Baye;Guoqiang Tian;Jianxin Zhou

  • It takes two to tango : Equilibria in a model of sales

    Michael R Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G de Vries

  • The Economics of the Internet and E-Commerce

    Michael R. Baye

  • Comparative Analysis of Litigation Systems: An Auction‐Theoretic Approach*

    Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

  • Search Engine Optimization: What Drives Organic Traffic to Retail Sites?

    Michael R. Baye;Babur De los Santos;Matthijs R. Wildenbeest

  • Chapter 6 Information, Search, and Price Dispersion

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

  • The all-pay auction with complete information

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  • Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity and Judicial Training on Appeals

    Michael R. Baye;Joshua D. Wright

  • The Value of Information in an Online Consumer Electronics Market

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

  • Temporal price dispersion: Evidence from an online consumer electronics market

    Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

  • Contests with Rank-Order Spillovers

    Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

  • Rigging the Lobbying Process: An Application of the All- Pay Auction

    Michael Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper de Vries

  • The Solution to the Tullock Rent-Seeking Game When R > 2: Mixed Strategy Equilibria and Mean Dissipation Rates

    Michael Baye;Dan Kovenock

Frequent Co-Authors

John Morgan
John Morgan University of California, Berkeley
Casper G. de Vries
Casper G. de Vries Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dan Kovenock
Dan Kovenock Chapman University
Dan A. Black
Dan A. Black University of Chicago
David E. M. Sappington
David E. M. Sappington University of Florida
Robert D. Willig
Robert D. Willig Princeton University
Vernon L. Smith
Vernon L. Smith Chapman University
Richard A. Epstein
Richard A. Epstein New York University

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