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Two-Sided Markets: A Tentative Survey

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Roberto Roson () (Department of Economics, Ca'Foscari University, Venice)
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A recent literature, dealing with special markets characterized by bilateral network externalities, is summarized and critically assessed. Specific features of these markets, in terms of pricing principles and externalities, are discussed first. Afterwards, several issues related to competition between platforms are considered. Finally, implications for competition policy and prospects for future research are briefly discussed.

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Article provided by Concept Economics in its journal Review of Network Economics.

Volume (Year): 4 (2005)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 142-160
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Keywords: two-sided markets; platform competition; network externalities; competition policy;

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