Network externalities and market segmentation in a monopoly

被引：89

作者：

Jing, Bing ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stern Sch Business, IOMS Dept, New York, NY 10012 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 95卷 / 01期

关键词：

vertical differentiation; network externalities; quality; market segmentation;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2006.08.033

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Network externalities characterize the consumption of many products. In a setting where a monopolist does not price discriminate without externalitics, we show that presence of network externalities induces the monopolist to price discriminate and segment its market. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：7 / 13

页数：7

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