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Georg Rilinger

@rilinger.bsky.social

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Economic sociologist, assistant professor at MIT Sloan, I study regulatory failure, market failures, and platform design - from an organizational perspective.

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Sebbillows @sebbillows.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Here's the book review that came out of all this: econsoc.mpifg.de/50610/econso... (p. 19-21). Thanks again to @rilinger.bsky.social for an excellent read and to the Andalucian people for their hospitality during the black out.

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Georg Rilinger @rilinger.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Susan Silbey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and I are looking for a postdoc interested in research on AI and misinformation in economic contexts. Apply and join us at MIT Sloan and Schwarzman: apply.interfolio.com/165240

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Georg Rilinger @rilinger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I am very excited to see "Market Design as Organizational Problem" out at AJS: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1.... How do we explain systemic levels of destructive behavior in platform markets (system failures)? I suggest that we should focus on the organization that

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Market Design as Organizational Problem: Explaining System Failures in Platform Markets | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja

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Georg Rilinger @rilinger.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

If your German, don’t forget to vote today!

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Georg Rilinger @rilinger.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

In doi.org/10.1007/s111... I show that we can explain variation in the operation of digital markets by looking at the design work in the companies building these platforms. There is a whole frontier of research about the organizational dynamics behind failures in digital markets.

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Algorithmic Management and the Social Order of Digital Markets - Theory and Society

Platform companies use techniques of algorithmic management to control their users. Though digital marketplaces vary in their use of these techniques, few studies have asked why. This question is theo...

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