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A Strategic Guide on Two-Sided Markets Applied to the ISP Market

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Cortade, Thomas
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This paper looks at a new body of literature that deals with two-sided markets and focuses on the Internet Service Provider (ISP) segment. ISPs seem to act as a platform enabling transactions between web sites and end consumers. We propose a strategic guide for ISPs that covers features of two-sided markets such as strong externalities and discuss how these market characteristics can affect competition policy.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 2602.

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Date of creation: Mar 2006
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Keywords: Platform externalities price allocation competition policy.

Find related papers by JEL classification:
L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software

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  1. Mark Armstrong Author-Email: mark.armstrong@ucl.ac.uk, 2006. "Competition in Two-Sided Markets," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 37(3), pages 668-691, Autumn.
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  2. Caillaud, Bernard & Jullien, Bruno, 2003. " Chicken & Egg: Competition among Intermediation Service Providers," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 34(2), pages 309-28, Summer.
  3. David S. Evans, 2003. "Some Empirical Aspects of Multi-Sided Platform Industries," Review of Network Economics, Concept Economics, vol. 2(3), pages 191-209, September. [Downloadable!]
  4. Julian Wright, 2004. "One-sided Logic in Two-sided Markets," Review of Network Economics, Concept Economics, vol. 3(1), pages 42-63, March. [Downloadable!]
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