Competitive bottlenecks and platform spillovers

TH Teh, J Wright - Available at SSRN, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
In classic competitive bottleneck settings, platforms compete for buyers but act as
gatekeepers when setting prices to sellers to access their buyers. We provide a general …

[PDF][PDF] NET Institute

J Huang, G Tan, J Zhou - 2024 - economics.smu.edu.sg
Network interoperability between platforms often comes in various possible configurations,
including industry-wide, coalition-based, and pairwise interoperability arrangements. We …

[PDF][PDF] Platform Competition in Two-sided Markets and Welfare Implications

WJ Cho - Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics, 2023 - es.re.kr
We study the behavior of competing platforms in a two-sided market. A user derives two
types of utility from joining a platform: the intrinsic membership benefit, which varies across …