A Model of Forum Shopping
分析知识产权或创意赞助商如何选择认证机构及设计，考虑用户类别、下游存在和认证机构市场力量的影响，并研究竞争性创意的策略性论坛选择。
Owners of intellectual property or mere sponsors of an idea (e.g., authors, security issuers, sponsors of standards) resort to more or less independent certifiers to persuade potential users (buyers or adopters) of the worth of their property or idea. We analyze the sponsor's choices of certifier and design, social preferences regarding these choices, and the impacts thereon of multiple categories of users, of a downstream presence of the sponsor, and of certifier market power. Finally, we study strategic forum shopping by sponsors of competing ideas.