SeriesFusion | Economics & BusinessEconomics & Business papers published by SeriesFusion.https://seriesfusion.comA platform can make outsiders worse off as more people join. The model shows how rational users can enter even when everyone would be better off without the platform, driven by dynamic pricing, negative externalities, or equilibrium selection.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6642504https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6642504Platform Traps | Economics. Original: 6642504Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomicseconomicsAn AI agent that values survival keeps more capital for itself and pays less to its human principal. In this economic model, payout histories cannot separate aligned agents from greedier types, and competition eventually leaves only the most self-preserving type active.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202858https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202858Instrumental Self-Preservation and the Selection of Greedy Types | Economics. Original: 7202858Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomicseconomicsSix measures of family status follow Norwegian children into adulthood. Across population-wide records, inherited social position predicted income and elite access as strongly as parental income and cognitive ability, with adoption and lottery evidence pointing mainly to environment.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7246898https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7246898Dynastic Capital and the Inheritance of Social Advantage | Economics. Original: 7246898Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomicseconomicsMega-grants can hand insiders over one percent. Across 1.24 million stock awards, the largest grants trailed matched peers by roughly 15 to 30 percent over four years, while market-cap targets left a merger route to enormous payouts.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202418https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7202418Merging to the Moon: Astronomical Option Awards and Corporate Governance Failures | Accounting. Original: 7202418Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTAccountingaccountingTwenty-seven thousand AI shopping answers omitted features. ChatGPT and Google AI Mode favored a best-for format that highlighted each brand's strongest attribute, creating room for inferior choices when shoppers skipped follow-up questions.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7208681https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7208681The Help Me Search Era: Do We Choose "Better" with AI? | Marketing. Original: 7208681Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTMarketingmarketing