NEGATIVE INTRA-GROUP EXTERNALITIES IN TWO-SIDED MARKETS

被引:60
作者
Belleflamme, Paul [1 ]
Toulemonde, Eric
机构
[1] Catholic Univ Louvain, CORE, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium
关键词
COMPETITION; DISCRIMINATION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00529.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Two types of agents interact on a pre-existing free platform. Agents value positively the presence of agents of the other type but may value negatively the presence of agents of their own type. We ask whether a new platform can find fees and subsidies so as to divert agents from the existing platform and make a profit. We show that this might be impossible if intra-group negative externalities are sufficiently (but not too) strong with respect to positive inter-group externalities.
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页码:245 / 272
页数:28
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