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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsTrade\,&nbsp\;Development a
 nd Political Economypresent Jie BaiAssistant\nProfessor in Public Policy\,
  Harvard Kennedy School Search and\nInformation Frictions on Global E-Comm
 erce Platforms: Evidence from Aliexpress \n\nWe&nbsp\; study&nbsp\; how&nb
 sp\; search&nbsp\; and&nbsp\;\ninformation&nbsp\; frictions&nbsp\; shape&n
 bsp\; market&nbsp\; dynamics&nbsp\;\nin&nbsp\; global&nbsp\; e-commerce. &
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;Observational data and\nself-collected quality measures from 
 AliExpress establish the existence of\nsearch and information frictions. A
  randomized experiment that offers new\nexporters exogenous demand and inf
 ormation &nbsp\;shocks demonstrates the\npotential role of sales accumulat
 ion in enhancing seller visibility and\novercoming&nbsp\; these demand fri
 ctions. However\, we show&nbsp\;theoretically and quantitatively that this
 \ndemand-reinforcement mechanism is undermined by the large number of onli
 ne\nexporters. Our structural model rationalizes the experimental findings
  and quantifies efficiency gains from reducing the number of inactive sell
 ers. \n\nProfessor\nBai is an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Harv
 ard Kennedy\nSchool.&nbsp\;She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Massac
 husetts Institute\nof Technology in June 2016 and spent one year at&nbsp\;
 Microsoft Research New\nEngland prior to joining HKS.&nbsp\;Her research l
 ies at the intersection\nbetween development\, trade and industrial organi
 zation\, focusing on\nmicroeconomic issues of firms in developing countrie
 s and emerging markets. Her\npast projects have examined firms’ incentive 
 and ability to build a reputation\nfor quality\, collective&nbsp\;reputati
 onal forces in export markets\, the\nrelationship between firm growth and 
 corruption\, and the impact of internal\ntrade barriers among Chinese prov
 inces on firms' export behavior.&nbsp\;Her\ncurrent ongoing work includes 
 studying growth and reputation dynamics in global\ne-commerce platforms\, 
 technology transfer and knowledge spillovers in the\nChinese auto industry
 \, and&nbsp\;quality upgrading of the Ugandan coffee sector.Register Here 
 for this event.For more information contact Ryan Monarch\, rpmonarc@syr.ed
 u. For accessibility accommodations\, contact Juanita Horan\, jmhoran@syr.
 edu\n\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms: Ev
 idence from Aliexpress
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</p><p>
 Trade\,&nbsp\;Development and Political Economy</p><p>present</p><p> <b>Ji
 e Bai</b></p><p>Assistant\nProfessor in Public Policy\, Harvard Kennedy Sc
 hool</p><p><br></p><p> <b>Search and\nInformation Frictions on Global E-Co
 mmerce Platforms: Evidence from Aliexpress</b></p><p> \n\n</p><p>We&nbsp\;
  study&nbsp\; how&nbsp\; search&nbsp\; and&nbsp\;\ninformation&nbsp\; fric
 tions&nbsp\; shape&nbsp\; market&nbsp\; dynamics&nbsp\;\nin&nbsp\; global&
 nbsp\; e-commerce. &nbsp\;&nbsp\;Observational data and\nself-collected qu
 ality measures from AliExpress establish the existence of\nsearch and info
 rmation frictions. A randomized experiment that offers new\nexporters exog
 enous demand and information &nbsp\;shocks demonstrates the\npotential rol
 e of sales accumulation in enhancing seller visibility and\novercoming&nbs
 p\; these demand frictions. However\, we show&nbsp\;theoretically and quan
 titatively that this\ndemand-reinforcement mechanism is undermined by the 
 large number of online\nexporters. Our structural model rationalizes the e
 xperimental findings and quantifies efficiency gains from reducing the num
 ber of inactive sellers.</p><p><br></p><p> \n\n</p><p>Professor\nBai is an
  Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy\nSchool.&nbsp\;Sh
 e received her Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute\nof Technol
 ogy in June 2016 and spent one year at&nbsp\;Microsoft Research New\nEngla
 nd prior to joining HKS.&nbsp\;Her research lies at the intersection\nbetw
 een development\, trade and industrial organization\, focusing on\nmicroec
 onomic issues of firms in developing countries and emerging markets. Her\n
 past projects have examined firms’ incentive and ability to build a reputa
 tion\nfor quality\, collective&nbsp\;reputational forces in export markets
 \, the\nrelationship between firm growth and corruption\, and the impact o
 f internal\ntrade barriers among Chinese provinces on firms' export behavi
 or.&nbsp\;Her\ncurrent ongoing work includes studying growth and reputatio
 n dynamics in global\ne-commerce platforms\, technology transfer and knowl
 edge spillovers in the\nChinese auto industry\, and&nbsp\;quality upgradin
 g of the Ugandan coffee sector.</p><p><br></p><p><b><a title="Register Her
 e" href="https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIodOigqD4tH
 tD4GmnKn5ADTmYllSNZS826">Register Here </a></b>for this event.</p><p><br><
 /p><p>For more information contact Ryan Monarch\, <a href="mailto:rpmonarc
 @syr.edu">rpmonarc@syr.edu</a>. For accessibility accommodations\, contact
  Juanita Horan\, jmhoran@syr.edu<br></p><p>\n\n</p><p>\n\n</p>
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