Should platforms be held liable for the harms suffered by users? A two-sided platform enables interactions between firms and users. There are two types of firm: harmful and safe. Harmful firms impose larger costs on the users. If firms have deep pockets then platform liability is unnecessary....

A firm licenses a product to overlapping generations of heterogeneous consumers. Consumers may purchase the product, pirate/steal it, or forego it. Higher consumer types enjoy higher gross benefits and are caught stealing at a higher rate. The firm may commit to an out-of-court settlement policy...

This paper explores whether platform liability should be strict or negligence based. In the model, two-sided platforms get revenue from two sources: selling products or services to consumers and selling advertising (or information) to others. There are indirect network effects: higher consumer...