setup differentiated platforms compete in advertising and offer consumers a service free of charge (such as a TV program …) that is financed through advertising. We show that advertising can exhibit the properties of a strategic substitute or … complement. Surprisingly, there exist cases in which platforms benefit from market entry. Moreover, we show that from a welfare …

setup differentiated platforms compete in advertising and offer consumers a service free of charge (such as a TV program …) that is financed through advertising. We show that advertising can exhibit the properties of a strategic substitute or … complement. Surprisingly, there exist cases in which platforms benefit from market entry. Moreover, we show that from a welfare …

The article examines a differentiated-products duopoly model where the firms make entry decisions to two markets and … then choose prices. The effects of product differentiation and entry costs are analyzed in two games: with and without … price discrimination between the markets. Allowing price discrimination encourages more entry and tends to reduce prices and …

in the context of game theoretical models of entry into the industry. As opposed to the majority of literature we … decision of the entrant as a signal of his strength. We show that in the Stackelberg model of market entry for some values of … model may be empirically relevant for industrial organization analysis of the entry of a new supplier to the existing supply …

symmetric oligopoly.We first provide some general results for the oligopoly and then focus on the triopoly, providing a complete …

symmetric oligopoly. We first provide some general results for the oligopoly and then focus on the triopoly, providing a …

We consider takeover bidding in a Cournot oligopoly when firms have private information concerning the synergy effect …, supplemented by entry fees. Since non-merged firms benefit from a merger if the synergies are low, bidders are subject to a … oligopoly game. …