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Towards efficient information sharing in network markets
Martens, Bertin; Parker, Geoffrey; Petropoulos, Georgios; … - 2021
Digital platforms facilitate interactions between consumers and merchants that allow collection of profiling information, which drives innovation and welfare. Private incentives, however, lead to information asymmetries resulting in market failures both on-platform, among merchants, and...
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Digital platforms and antitrust
Parker, Geoffrey; Petropoulos, Georgios; Van Alstyne, … - 2020
Digital platforms are at the heart of online economic activity, connecting multi-sided markets of producers and consumers of various goods and services. Their market power and their privileged ecosystem positions raise concerns that they may engage in anti-competitive practices that reduce...
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Costs and benefits of congestion in two-sided markets : evidence from the dating market
Lehmann, Tobias; Terrier, Camille; Lalive, Rafael - 2023
Congestion is a widespread phenomenon in two-sided markets, but evidence on its costs and benefits is limited. Using data from an online dating platform, we document a large excess demand, or congestion, for some women. By exploiting exogenous variation in the number of men and women using the...
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On the private and social value of consumer data in vertically-integrated platform markets
Padilla, Atilano Jorge; Piccolo, Salvatore; … - 2020
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Self-preferencing in markets with vertically-integrated gatekeeper platforms
Padilla, Atilano Jorge; Perkins, Joe; Piccolo, Salvatore - 2020
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Vertical differentiation and collusion : cannibalization or proliferation?
Gabszewicz, Jean Jaskold; Marini, Marco A.; Tarola, Ornella - 2016
In this paper, we tackle the dilemma of pruning versus proliferation in a vertically differentiated oligopoly under the assumption that some firms collude and control both the range of variants for sale and their corresponding prices, likewise a multiproduct firm. We analyse whether pruning...
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Multisided media markets : applying the theory of multisided markets to media markets
Lindstädt-Dreusicke, Nadine - 2009
Media markets recently have been identified as multisided markets. The application of the theory of multisided markets … theory of multisided markets and subsequently applies it to media markets. Finally the paper draws attention to the new … perspectives and insights the theory provides but also brings open research questions to light. -- media economics ; two …
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India's platform economy and emerging regulatory challenges
Kathuria, Rajat; Kedia, Mansi; Bagchi, Kaushambi - 2021
The phenomenal rise of the platform economy has reshaped how economies operate across the world. The importance of digital platforms has never been more evident than in combatting the ongoing corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic. Even with the threat of a global recession looming large, technology...
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Platform annexation
Athey, Susan; Scott Morton, Fiona - 2021
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