We study competition between a welfare-maximizing public platform and a profit-maximizing private platform in a two …-sided payment market. We characterize the public platform's optimal pricing and show that it balances the benefits of increased … competition against the welfare costs of network fragmentation. While introducing a public platform generally raises aggregate …

, internet finance, and platform-based activities influence regional economic growth in China, and how these effects depend on … show that SME digitalization, supply-chain efficiency, mobile payment penetration, tech-driven employment growth, platform … infrastructure investment and digital-economy strategies in emerging platform economies. …

Despite extensive research on migrants and the platform economy, few systematic comparisons exist between migrant and … non-migrant workers across diverse migrant groups and types of platform work. This article draws on representative survey … to engage in platform work. However, almost half of this difference is explained by socio-demographic characteristics …

maps the intellectual genealogy, disciplinary foundations, and global collaborative patterns of research on the platform … economy. The field has consolidated around three core concepts-platform economy, gig economy, and sharing economy-anchored in …-centered aspirations and the continued expansion of platform capitalism. The global landscape shows both vitality and asymmetry: China …

distinct stages of the data-generating process. Our framework also provides a lens for evaluating platform design interventions …

distinct stages of the data-generating process. Our framework also provides a lens for evaluating platform design interventions …

, however, also operate a direct channel. This paper investigates how the interaction between the platform channel and the firms …' direct channel affects platform design and firms' pricing incentives. We provide a rich game-theoretic model in which … interaction between the channels gives rise to novel mechanisms that have counterintuitive effects. First, higher platform fees …

, attributes of digital inclusion ecosystems, and the prevalence of free-riding behavior. This paper investigates whether platform …) Platform empowerment-specifically, selectively connecting and incentivizing cooperative firms-effectively promotes ecosystem co … empowerment strategy benefits the cluster overall, its effect on the platform's own revenue is network-dependent, showing a more …