A e find a performance differential when comparing learning by doing alone to learning by doing coupled with reflection. Further we hypothesize and find that the effect of reflection on learning is mediated by greater perceived self efficacy. Together our results shed light on the role of reflection as a powerful mechanism behind learning. Download working paper ssrn abstract Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing pdf By Edelman Benjamin G. and Wesley Brandi ABSTRACT—We examine online affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met.
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Coherence and Adverse Intermediation By Edelman Benjamin and Julian Wright ABSTRACT—Suppose an intermediary provides a benefit to buyers when they purchase from sellers using the intermediary s technology. We develop a model to show that the intermediary will want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. We show that this restriction can reduce consumer surplus and welfare sometimes to such an extent that the existence of the intermediary can be harmful.