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Competition, Privacy, and Multi-Homing

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Two digital firms compete in prices and information disclosure levels. A consumer signing up to one firm's service decides how much personal information to provide. We find that firms essentially trade-off between consumer valuations and disclosure levels to determine their business strategies when consumers single-home. Under multi-homing, business strategies are more complex to assess and may completely shift compared to single-homing. All things being equal, implementing a strict privacy regime with no data disclosure can be optimal under single-homing, while a soft privacy regime with data disclosure may be preferred under multi-homing.

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  • Jean-Marc Zogheib, 2023. "Competition, Privacy, and Multi-Homing," EconomiX Working Papers 2023-34, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
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    Keywords

    competition; online privacy; information disclosure; multi-homing.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices

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