We consider a two-sided market competition problem where two platforms compete in both supply and demand sides. We … examine a variety of competition modes and study the impact of precommitment on the equilibrium outcomes. By comparing three … types of competitions: simultaneous price and wage competition (with no precommitment), wage precommitment competition …

We consider a methodology for studying how beliefs shape platform competition, based on the notion of a partial … focality. The concept of focality is useful for modeling platform competition when the presence of network effects results in … competition between platforms that differ in their basic quality. The initial degree of focality affects the ability of the high …

substitutes. This, in turn, intensifies competition among providers, generating greater surplus for consumers. A platform, in turn …