Search Results - subject:"network externalities."

Exploration and Exploitation in the Presence of Network Externalities

Lee, Jongseok; Lee, Jeho; Lee, Habin - In: Management Science 49 (2003) 4, pp. 553-570

in the presence of network externalities. In particular, this study is motivated by the divergent evolutions of the PC …

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Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate

Epstein, Gil S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

is compared with the network externalities explanation of the same phenomenon. The relation between social tensions and …

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Plastic Clashes: Competition among Closed and Open Systems in the Credit Card Industry.

Manenti, Fabio M.; Somma, Ernesto - EconWPA - 2002

This paper analyses market competition between two different types of credit card platforms: not-for-profit associations and proprietary systems. The main focus is on the role of the interchange fee set by not-for-profit platforms. We show that when the interchange fee is set so as to maximise...

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One-Way Compatibility, Two-Way Compatibility and Entry in Network Industries

Manenti, Fabio Maria; Somma, Ernesto - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2002

We study the strategic choice of compatibility between two initially incompatible network goods in a two-stage game played by an incumbent and an entrant firm. Compatibility may be achieved by means of a converter. We derive a number of results under different assumptions about the nature of the...

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Identification of Network Externalities in Markets for Non-Durables

Grajek, Michal - Abteilung "Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und industrieller … - 2002

This paper introduces a structural econometric model of consumer demand for non-durable goods, which exhibits network … externalities. The structural model allows us to identify the parameters, which determine the strength of the externalities in the …

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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.

Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2002

interaction of two alternative explanations of immigrant clustering: (1) network externalities and (2) herd behavior. We advance … network and herd effects in our empirical work. In order to distinguish between herd and network externalities, we use the … Mexican Migration Project data. Our empirical results show that both network externalities and herds have significant effects …

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Unofficial Dollarization in Latin America: Currency Substitution, Network Externalities and Irreversibility

Feige, Edgar L.; Šošiæ, Vedran; Faulend, Michael; … - EconWPA - 2002

Argentina in order to examine the dynamic consequences of network externalities for hysteresis and irreversibility. …

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Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate

Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

compared with the network externalities explanation of the same phenomenon. The relation between social tensions and herd …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700933

Was Napoleon a Benevolent Dictator? An Economic Justification for Codification

Harnay, Sophie - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 14 (2002) 3, pp. 237-251

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Dollarization and Euroization in Transition Countries: Currency Substitution, Asset Substitution, Network Externalities and Irreversibility

Feige, Edgar; Dean, James - EconWPA - 2002

currency substitution, asset substitution, and dollarization, and examine the consequences of network externalities for …

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