Three Things about Mobile App Commissions

Joshua S. Gans

Mobile app commissions paid by app developers to a monopolist device maker/app store operator are examined. Three results are demonstrated. First, unregulated app commissions are set at a level that maximises consumer surplus. Second, eliminating app commissions will lead to higher device prices. Third, requiring a menu of options for consumers as to how device makers receive subsidies from app developers constrains app commissions in a way that provides a more equal balance between consumer versus app developer interests

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Year of publication:	April 2024
Authors:	Gans, Joshua
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (issuing body)
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research
Subject:	Mobile Anwendung \| Mobile application \| Mobiltelefon \| Mobile phone \| Telekommunikationsgerät \| Telecommunications equipment \| Monopol \| Monopoly