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Competing with Network Externalities and Price Discrimination

Jullien, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper examines competition between a dominant network and a challenging network with third-degree or perfect price-discrimination, allowing for arbitrary configurations of network externalities, as well as horizontal and vertical product differentiation. Domination in the coordination game...

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online platforms, economics of

White, Alexander - Palgrave Macmillan

Following the Internetâ€™s widespread adoption, much economic work has studied â€˜online platformsâ€™: firms that mainly interact with consumers in cyberspace. This article surveys such work, focusing on the ways in which traditional economic models have been adapted to incorporate...

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Intermediation and investment incentives

BELLEFLAMME, Paul; PEITZ, Martin - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2006

We analyze whether and how the fact that products are not sold on free, public platforms but on competing for-profit platforms affects sellers? investment incentives. Investments in cost reduction, quality, or marketing measures are here the joint and coordinated efforts by sellers. We show...

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Platform Ownership

Nocke, Volker; Peitz, Martin; Stahl, Konrad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

entry into the market for platform slots, or platform owners my form a club that restricts entry. We provide a positive and …

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Platform Ownership

Nocke, Volker; Peitz, Martin; Stahl, Konrad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

Lecture on the first SFB/TR 15 meeting, Gummersbach, July, 18 - 20, 2004We develop a general theoretical framework of trade on a platform on which buyers and sellers interact. The platform may be owned by a single large, or many small independent or vertically integrated intermediaries. We...

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Intermediation and Investment Incentives

Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We analyze whether and how the fact that products are not sold on open or public platforms but on competing for-profit platforms affects sellers’ investment incentives. Investments in cost reduction, quality, or marketing measures are here the joint and coordinated efforts by sellers. We show...

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Platform Ownership

Nocke, Volker; Peitz, Martin; Stahl, Konrad - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2004

We develop a general theoretical framework of trade on a platform on which buyers and sellers interact. The platform may be owned by a single large, or many small independent or vertically integrated intermediaries. We provide a positive and normative analysis of the impact of platform ownership...

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Are Donors Afraid of Charities' Core Costs? Scale Economies in Non-profit Provision and Charity Selection

Perroni, Carlo; Pogrebna, Ganna; Sandford, Sarah; … - CESifo - 2014

into an entry barrier, protecting the position of an inefficient incumbent; or that, conversely, they can make it possible …

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Information Acquisition and Innovation under Competitive Pressure

Barbos, Andrei - Department of Economics, University of South Florida - 2013

for recent empirical results that point to an inverted-U shape relationship between competition and innovation. The model … information on whether this idea can be converted into a successful project against the cost of delaying innovation: a given firm …'s profit following innovation is decreasing in the number of firms that invested at earlier dates. By recognizing that a firm …

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Competition, Innovation and Productivity Growth: A Review of Theory and Evidence

Ahn, Sanghoon - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

This paper reviews recent studies on the links between competition, innovation and productivity growth in the long run … including: i) measuring welfare gains from product innovation; ii) competition and efficiency in e …-commerce, education, and health care; and iii) interactions between product- and factor-market competition ... La concurrence, l'innovation …

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