From Product Search to Preference Articulation: The Economics of Agentic Commerce

arXiv:2608.08395 · econ.TH, cs.AI, cs.GT · Submitted 2026-08-09 · Read on arXiv

Lingxiu Dong, Kaiwen Luo, Fasheng Xu

econ.TH, cs.AI, cs.GT

Submitted: 2026-08-09

Updated: 2026-08-11

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Fidelity — 75× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 29× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Monotonicity — 19× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 18× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Generative AI — 11× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AI Agents — 10× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Absorb — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Steering — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Curse of Dimensionality — 1× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes
• Foundation Model — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Foundation Models — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Geometric interpretation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hallucination — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Parameterization — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Systematic Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• A Solicit-Then-Suggest Model of Agentic Purchasing
• An Economy of AI Agents
• On the Fragility of AI Agent Collusion
• Artificial Intelligence Clones
• The Agentic Economy
• Generative AI and Organizational Structure in the Knowledge Economy
• The Economics of AI Foundation Models: Openness, Competition, and Governance
• Generative AI and Copyright: A Dynamic Perspective

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