[PDF][PDF] Reimbursing Consumers' Switching Costs in Network and Non-network Industries

J Chen, M Sacks - 2023 - msacksecon.github.io
To analyze how firms' policies to reimburse consumer switching costs affect prices, market
structure, and welfare, we develop a dynamic duopoly model with network effects, switching …

Reimbursing Consumers' Switching Costs in Network Industries

J Chen, M Sacks - Available at SSRN 2848553, 2016 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper investigates firms' decisions to reimburse consumers' switching costs in network
industries. Prior literature finds that switching costs incentivize firms to harvest their locked-in …