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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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Is Oprah Contagious? Identifying Demand Spillovers in Product Networks

Carmi, Eyal; OEstreicher-Singer, Gal; Sundararajan, Arun - NET Institute - 2010

this variation in the depth and persistence of the contagion. Specifically, more clustered local networks “trap” the … less clustered networks lead to wider contagion of a lower magnitude and duration. Our results provide new evidence of the … networks. …

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Identity, Community and Segregation

Reich, Bryony - NET Institute - 2010

I develop a framework to explain why identity divides some communities and not others. An identity group is defined as a group of individuals with the same `culture'. A community is divided when different identities are socially segregated; a community is integrated when there is no social...

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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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Electronic Health Information Exchange, Competition, and Network Effects

Desai, Sunita - NET Institute - 2014

information may be a barrier to the development of a health information network. Health information networks are designed to … over $30 billion to support the development of health information networks and electronic health information sharing …

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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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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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