PROMINENCE AND MARKET POWER: ASYMMETRIC OLIGOPOLY WITH SEQUENTIAL CONSUMER SEARCH

M Hanazono, N Kudoh - International Economic Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a new perspective on the nature of market power through the lens of
firm prominence. We build a model of oligopolistic price competition with sequential …

Search Prominence among Shopping Platforms

M Yuan, Y Zhu, AJ Dukes - Available at SSRN 4898746, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Prominent platforms such as Amazon, Etsy, and Zalando attract significant consumer search
traffic, becoming the default choice for many shoppers. This paper investigates the impact of …