Working Paper

Generative Search: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

Author(s): Shuang Zheng, Yuting Zhu, Xin Ye and Liang Shen

Sep 18, 2026

Analyzes a field experiment with over six million customers of a Chinese online retailer to determine how generative AI search affects sales and consumer decision making
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