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An Empirical Study of Online Software Outsourcing: Signals under Different Contract Regimes

Lin, Mingfeng; Viswanathan, Siva; Agarwal, Ritu - NET Institute - 2010

We study whether and how contractual arrangements (fixed price vs. time-and-materials contracts) change the effect of reputation, certification, and language characteristics on the chances of winning outsourcing contracts. Using a comprehensive dataset from an online outsourcing marketplace, we...

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Cross-Licensing and Competition

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine - NET Institute - 2013

We study bilateral cross-licensing agreements among N( 2) firms that engage in competition after the licensing phase. It is shown that the most collusive cross-licensing royalty, i.e. the one that allows the industry to achieve the monopoly profit, is sustainable as the outcome of bilaterally...

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Collusion and the political differentiation of newspapers

Antonielli, Marco; Filistrucchi, Lapo - NET Institute - 2011

collusive agreements in terms of welfare and pluralism. We analyse and compare two forms of collusion: in the first, publishers … thus show that collusion on prices reinforces the tendency towards a Pensée Unique discussed in Gabszewicz, Laussel and …

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Optimal Cartel Prices in Two-Sided Markets Access

Boffa, Federico; Filistrucchi, Lapo - NET Institute - 2014

We study optimal cartel prices in a two-sided market. We present a simple model showing that prices above the two-sided monopoly price may prevail on one side of a two-sided market as a means to enhance the sustainability of the cartel. We prove that in such a case a higher benefit from the...

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Competition Policy Issues in the Consumer Payments Industry

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2008

We discuss the current structure of card networks that facilitate transactions between merchants and consumers. We find that presently fees for this intermediation are considerably higher than costs. This is facilitated by rules imposed by the card networks on the merchants that do not allow...

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Bundling and Collusion on Communications Markets

Baranes, Edmond - NET Institute - 2006

sustainability of collusion in an infinitely repeated game framework. We show that the bundling strategy of the entrant might hinder … collusion. Futhermore, we consider a setting in which the entrant uses a one-way access that the incumbent possesses. In such … might increase the feasibility of collusion. This result has an important policy implication. …

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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications

Stennek, Johan; Tangeras, Thomas - NET Institute - 2008

This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show that the monopolistic outcome may prevail independently of market concentration when access prices are determined in bilateral negotiations. A lighthanded regulatory policy can...

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Matching & Information Provision by One-Sided and Two-Sided Platforms

Canon, Carlos - NET Institute - 2011

This paper studies a "market creating" firm (platform) that offers a matching environment by charging an access fee to a population of high and low type users who wish to form a match. We focus on an environment where users only observe a signal of their randomly assigned partner's type and...

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The Effect of Electronic Commerce on Geographic Trade and Price Variance in a Business-to-Business Market

Overby, Eric; Forman, Chris - NET Institute - 2011

Imbalances in supply and demand often cause the price for the same good to vary across geographic locations. Economic theory suggests that if the price differential is greater than the cost of transporting the good between locations, then buyers will shift demand from high-price locations to...

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Hiring and Learning in Online Global Labor Markets

Mill, Roy - NET Institute - 2011

This paper uses data from the online employer-freelancer matching platform freelancer.com to study the determinants of a match between an employer and a freelancer. Having to rely on a relatively small number of characteristics, employers use the freelancer's country of origin and reputation...

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