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Network Effects in Alternative Fuel Adoption: Empirical Analysis of the Market for Ethanol

Shriver, Scott K. - NET Institute - 2010

This paper investigates the importance of network effects in the demand for ethanol-compatible vehicles and the supply of ethanol fuel retailers. An indirect network effect, or positive feedback loop, arises in this context due to spatially-dependent complementarities in the availability of...

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Patent Licensing Networks

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine - NET Institute - 2014

This paper investigates the patent licensing networks formed by competing firms. Assuming that licensing agreements can … of independent patents, we fully characterize the bilaterally efficient networks and find that when the cost reduction … efficient one. We also show that the bilaterally efficient networks can be sustained as subgame-perfect Nash equilibria with …

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Dynamic Platform Design

Veiga, Andre - NET Institute - 2014

Abstract I model dynamic product design along price and non-price dimensions by a firm in a market with positive network externalities between consumers. In the case of a usage fee, I provide conditions under which the steady state (SS) is unique and show that the introductory price is negative...

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Assessing Value in Product Networks

OEstreicher-Singer, Gal; Libai, Barak - NET Institute - 2011

Traditionally, the value of a product has been assessed according to the direct revenues the product creates. However, products do not exist in isolation but rather influence one another's sales. Such influence is especially evident in eCommerce environments, where products are often presented...

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Private Information in Markets: A Market Design Perspective

Rostek, Marzena; Yoon, Ji Hee - NET Institute - 2013

This paper studies the impact of heterogeneity in interdependence of trader values on price inference and welfare. A model of double auction with quasilinear-quadratic utilities is introduced that allows for arbitrary Gaussian information structures. With heterogeneous interdependence, some...

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Recommendation Networks and the Long Tail of Electronic Commerce

Oestreicher-Singer, Gal; Sundararajan, Arun - NET Institute - 2009

for assessing the influence of networks on demand and revenue patterns in electronic commerce, and provides new empirical …

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Two-sided competition of proprietary vs. open source technology platforms, and the implications for the software industry

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - NET Institute - 2005

Technology platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, are the hubs of technology industries. We develop a framework to characterize the optimal two-sided pricing strategy of a platform firm, that is, the pricing strategy towards the direct users of the platform as well as towards firms offering...

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Competition Policy In Network Industries: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

We discuss issues of the application of antitrust law and regulatory rules to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...

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“Exclusive Licensing in Complementary Network Industries”

Mantena, Ravi; Sankaranarayanan, Ramesh; Viswanathan, Siva - NET Institute - 2007

This paper develops and analyzes a model of competition between platforms in an industry with indirect network effects, with a specific focus on complementary product exclusivity. The objective is to understand the determinants of exclusivity and explore its effects on competition. We find that...

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A Retail Benchmarking Approach to Efficient Two-way Access Pricing: Two-Part Tariffs

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Hurkens, Sjaak - NET Institute - 2007

We study a retail benchmarking approach to determine access prices for interconnected networks. Instead of considering … network i pays to network j as a linear function of the marginal costs and the retail prices set by both networks. In the case …

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