Self-Preferencing, Quality Provision, and Welfare in Mobile Application Markets
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Keywords
competition policy; platform design; consumer search; endogenous product choice;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2022-12-05 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2022-12-05 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-PAY-2022-12-05 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
- NEP-REG-2022-12-05 (Regulation)
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