We model a duopoly in which two-sided platforms compete on both sides of a two-sided market. Platforms (or intermediaries) select the quality they offer consumers, and the prices they charge to consumers and firms. In this model, non-trivial competition on both sides induces non-quasiconcave...

The paper provides an assessment of some recent results of the large amount of New Institutional Economics analyses investigating a common-pool resource setting, with a specific focus on game theory models. Most of the studies have used a noncooperative approach in order to explain how...

We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching. By considering a set-up where two state universities behave strategically, we model their interaction with potential students as a sequential noncooperative game. We show that...

Am 26. Januar 2005 hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht das Studiengebührenverbot aufgehoben. Damit ist es den einzelnen Bundesländern freigestellt, ob sie Gebühren erheben oder nicht. Während in der Literatur zum Thema Studiengebühren deren Finanzierungsfunktion im Vordergrund steht, widmet...