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Price Competition Online: Platforms vs. Branded Websites

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WP 19-06 has been revised and superseded by WP 21-09.

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  • Oksana Loginova, 2019. "Price Competition Online: Platforms vs. Branded Websites," Working Papers 1906, Department of Economics, University of Missouri.
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    Keywords

    pricing; competition; platforms; online marketplace; Amazon; brand equity;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing

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