) newspapers in the Internet. For this purpose, we build a model of multiple issues which allows each newspaper to choose quality … leads each newspaper to specialize in terms of news coverage. In this case, its presence changes quality choices from … strategic substitutes to strategic complements. In the case of symmetric newspapers, this leads to an increase in the quality of …

consumers (user-positive consumption externalities) or, alternatively, when they incur costs from the consumption of … the costs of incompatibility may be imposed unilaterally and borne asymmetrically. For example, increased risks of death …

In this article I analyze the effects of a recent reform intended to decrease switching costs in the cellular industry … while keeping their wireless number. Its aim was the belief that lower switching costs would force incumbent companies to … costs using individual data on customers' bills and plans. I find that average price decreased by 7.2 percent. Moreover, my …

externalities, we show that a platform will tend to set the download limit at a lower level than would be welfare-maximizing; indeed …, in some instances, so low that no download limit is welfare superior to the limit the platform would set. Somewhat …

, we explain how product quality decisions influence future investments to reduce buyer uncertainty, and demonstrate how … firms should take this dependency into account to avoid over-investing in quality. We also show that firms, and especially … lower quality firms, can free ride on the product information already available in the market, and reduce their own …

This paper investigates how switching costs affect product compatibility and market dynamics in network industries. A … order to maintain its installed base advantage over its rival. Therefore, public policies that reduce switching costs in …

variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination …; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price discrimination but no exclusive contracts; and (iv) no regulation: the … dynamic incentives to invest in improving the Quality of Service offered to each content provider. We provide a ranking …