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Quality improvement and network externalities

GABSZEWICZ, Jean J.; GARCIA, Filomena - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2005

We analyse the optimal pricing choice of an incumbent firm that sells a good with network externalities and is …

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Adverse Network Effects, Moral Hazard, and the Case of Sport-Utility Vehicles

Nagler, Matthew G. - NET Institute - 2005

The paper examines a class of phenomena that combine adverse network effects with moral hazard, using the motor vehicle market as an example to develop and illustrate the key concepts. It is hypothesized that consumers behave as if there is a network externality with respect to vehicle size: the...

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On the Pattern of Currency Blocs in Africa

Yehoue, Etienne B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper seeks to elucidate the debate over currency union in Africa. The paper examines whether empirical investigation points to the gradual emergence of currency blocs. Based on the historical data on inflation, trade, and the comovements of prices and outputs, I argue that the emergence of...

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Two-sided competition of proprietary vs. open source technology platforms and the implications for the software industry

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - NET Institute - 2005

Technology platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, are the hubs of technology industries. We develop a framework to characterize the optimal two-sided pricing strategy of a platform firm, that is, the pricing strategy towards the direct users of the platform as well as towards firms offering...

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Neckties in the Tropics: A Model of International Trade and Cultural Diversity

Trindade, Vitor; Rauch, James E. - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2005

network externalities as languages. At the same time, producers of new cultural goods in any one country draw on the stock of … stimulating production of cultural goods that are compatible with the dominant style, thereby capturing consumption network … externalities, but that add little to the stock of usable ideas. Our two-country analysis suggests a reform of cultural policy …

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Dynamic R&D Incentives with Network Externalities

Cerquera, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This dissertation analyzes the impact of network externalities on R&D competition in an oligopolistic industry. It … network externalities provide an important incentive to invest in R&D but this incentive is inefficient from a social welfare …

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Network externalities as a source of comparative advantage

Chong, Terence - In: Economics Bulletin 6 (2005) 7, pp. 1-9

This note examines how the network externalities of communications activities and trading opportunities interact to …

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After the Bubble: The Survival and Ownership of Internet Marketplaces for Farmers and Agribusiness

Wheatley, W. Parker; Buhr, Brian L. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30 (2005) 03

This paper presents a theory of how industry structure and beliefs about Internet marketplace use have driven choice and ownership of marketplaces. The theory's predictions suggest that surviving Internet marketplaces will be those with strong historical linkages in an industry and those owned...

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Local Network Externalities and Market Segmentation

Banerji, A; Dutta, Bhaskar - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2005

, this form of network externalities permits strong market segmentation in which firms divide up the market and earn positive …

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Network externalities as a source of comparative advantage

Chong, Terence - In: Economics Bulletin 6 (2005) 7, pp. 1-9

This note examines how the network externalities of communications activities and trading opportunities interact to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005110827