Chapter 11: Platforms and network effects
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Handbook Chapter
Published:
23 Feb 2018
Page Range:
286–317
Collection:
Economics 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788112789.00019
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In many markets, user benefits depend on participation and usage decisions of other users, giving rise to network effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This chapter reviews key findings from the literature on network effects and two-sided platforms. It lays out the basic models of monopoly platforms and platform competition, and elaborates on some routes taken by recent research.

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Cover Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, Volume II
Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, Volume II
Handbook
Published:
23 Feb 2018
Print ISBN:
9781788112772
eISBN:
9781788112789
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788112789
Pages:
552
Collection:
Economics 2018
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