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Deriving the Pricing Power of Product Features by Mining Consumer Reviews
Archak, Nikolay; Ghose, Anindya; Ipeirotis, Panagiotis G. - NET Institute - 2007
The increasing pervasiveness of the Internet has dramatically changed the way that consumers shop for goods. Consumer …
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The Effect of Content on Global Internet Adoption and the Global “Digital Divide”
Economides, Nicholas; Viard, V. Brian - NET Institute - 2010
A country’s human capital and economic productivity increasingly depend on the Internet due to its expanding role in … providing information and communications. This has prompted a search for ways to increase Internet adoption and narrow its … determinants of Internet access difficult to change in the short run. Internet content increases adoption and can be changed more …
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Switching Costs and Introductory Pricing in the Wireless Service Industry
Ale, Jorge - NET Institute - 2013
In this article I analyze the effects of a recent reform intended to decrease switching costs in the cellular industry. The reform, implemented in Chile in 2012, allowed cell phone users to switch operators without any contract restriction while keeping their wireless number. Its aim was the...
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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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Ad Revenue and Content Commercialization: Evidence from Blogs
Sun, Monic; Zhu, Feng - NET Institute - 2011
Many scholars argue that content providers, when incentivized by ad revenue, are more likely to tailor their content to attract “eyeballs,” and as a result, popular content may be excessively supplied. We empirically test this prediction by taking advantage of the launch of an...
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Price Wars in Two-Sided Markets: The case of the UK Quality Newspapers
Behringer, Stefan; Filistrucchi, Lapo - NET Institute - 2009
This paper investigates the price war in the UK quality newspaper industry in the 1990s. We build a model of the newspaper market which encompasses demand for differentiated products on both, the readers and advertisers side of the market, and profit maximization by four competing oligopolistic...
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Net Neutrality, Foreclosure and the Fast Lane: An empirical study of the UK
Nurski, Laura - NET Institute - 2012
Consumers buy internet access from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reach online content providers. Under net …
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Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the US Video Game Industry
Gil, Ricard; Warzynski, Frédèric - NET Institute - 2010
This paper empirically investigates the relation between vertical integration and video game performance in the US video game industry. For this purpose, we use a widely used data set from NPD on video game monthly sales from October 2000 to October 2007. We complement these data with handly...
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When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Halaburda, Hanna - NET Institute - 2010
We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects,...
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Technology Shocks in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers
Seamans, Robert; Zhu, Feng - NET Institute - 2010
Theories of multi-sided markets suggest that a platform’s pricing strategies on different sides of the market are closely linked, and in particular, an increase in competition on one side may lead to an increase in price on other sides. We empirically examine platforms’ pricing strategies by...
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