Platforms and network effects

Paul Belleflamme, Martin Peitz

In many markets, user benefits depend on participation and usage decisions of other users giving rise to network effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This paper reviews key findings from the literature on network effects and two-sided platforms. It lays out the basic models of monopoly platforms and platform competition, and elaborates on some routes taken by recent research.

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Year of publication:	September 2016 ; This version: September 2016
Authors:	Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin
Publisher:	Mannheim : Universität Mannheim, Department of Economics
Subject:	Network effects \| digital platforms \| two-sided markets \| tipping \| platform competition \| intermediation \| pricing \| imperfect competition \| Netzwerkökonomik \| Network economics \| Digitale Plattform \| Digital platform \| Wettbewerb \| Competition \| Theorie \| Theory \| Unvollkommener Wettbewerb \| Imperfect competition \| Marktstruktur \| Market structure

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 38 Seiten)
Series:	Working paper series. - Mannheim : Universität Mannheim, ZDB-ID 2859003-X. - Vol. 16-14
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/149591 [Handle]
Classification:	D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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