When Prohibiting Platform Parity Agreements Harms Consumers
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Keywords
Agency Model; Distribution Channels; Platform Parity Agreements; Wholesale Model.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L42 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts
- L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2019-09-30 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CTA-2019-09-30 (Contract Theory & Applications)
- NEP-MIC-2019-09-30 (Microeconomics)
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