On the antitrust economics of the electronic books industry
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- Gaudin, Germain & White, Alexander, 2014. "On the antitrust economics of the electronic books industry," DICE Discussion Papers 147, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
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Keywords
Electronic Books; Antitrust in High-Tech Industries; Vertical Contracting; Wholesale vs. Agency Agreements; Media Economics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
- L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
- L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
- L42 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2014-12-13 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CUL-2014-12-13 (Cultural Economics)
- NEP-ICT-2014-12-13 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-IND-2014-12-13 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2014-12-13 (Law and Economics)
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