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Quality Provision in the Presence of a Biased Intermediary

Cornière, Alexandre de; Taylor, Greg - NET Institute - 2014

In many industries, consumers rely on recommendations by an intermediary when choosing between competing products. In this paper, we look at how the existence of contracts between firms and intermediaries affects the quality of the advice received by consumers, and firms' incentives to invest in...

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Tying in Two-Sided Markets with Multi-Homing

Choi, Jay Pil - NET Institute - 2006

analysis thus can have important implications for recent antitrust cases in industries where multi-homing is prevalent. …

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Competition Policy In Network Industries: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

We discuss issues of the application of antitrust law and regulatory rules to network industries. In assessing the … application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in … which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect them. These relevant features include (among others) network effects …

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Public Policy in Network Industries

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2006

This paper discusses how antitrust law and regulatory rules should be applied to network industries. In assessing the … application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in … which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect them. These relevant features include (among others) network effects …

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Value of a Platform to a Seller: Case of American Airlines and Online Travel Agencies

Bilotkach, Volodymyr; Rupp, Nicholas G.; Pai, Vivek - NET Institute - 2013

We approach the issue of the value of a platform to a seller in a two-sided market where both buyers and sellers multi-home. A seller that loses access to a major buyer platform can potentially incur substantial financial losses. We exploit a recent conflict between American Airlines and two...

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Stuck in the Adoption Funnel: The Effect of Delays in the Adoption Process on Ultimate Adoption

Lambrecht, Anja; Seim, Katja; Tucker, Catherine - NET Institute - 2007

Online applications and services automate communications and transactions between firms and consumers, promising large efficiency gains. However, consumers have been slow to use these online technologies intensively, despite widespread adoption of the internet. Customers frequently undergo a...

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Usage and Diffusion of Cellular Telephony, 1998-2004

Grajek, Michal; Kretschmer, Tobias - NET Institute - 2006

In this paper, we study the dynamics of usage intensity of second-generation cellular telephony over the diffusion curve. We address two specific questions: First, does information about usage intensity over time allow us to draw conclusions about the underlying drivers of technology diffusion?...

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Pricing Digital Goods: Discontinuous Costs and Shared Infrastructure

Huang, Ke-Wei; Sundararajan, Arun - NET Institute - 2006

We develop and analyze a model of pricing for digital products with discontinuous supply functions. This characterizes a number of information technology-based products and services for which variable increases in demand are fulfilled by the addition of "blocks" of computing or network...

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Diffusion and use of financial telecommunication: An empirical analysis of SWIFT adoption

Zachariadis, Markos - NET Institute - 2011

The purpose of the current work is to investigate how country-level and region-specific characteristics influence the adoption of a major financial telecommunication innovation and standard (SWIFT) in the banking sector. Using annual data on the diffusion and usage intensity of SWIFT between...

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The Determinants of Supply and Demand for Mobile Applications

Sinkinson, Michael - NET Institute - 2012

Since 2008, multiple smartphone platforms have launched versions of “app stores”, marketplaces where consumers can purchase and download software applications for their smartphone. This paper provides evidence for both demand and supply of “apps” using data on the size and composition of...

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