competition model with entry in which exchanges supply technological services, and have market power. We find that technological … services can be strategic substitutes or complements in platform competition. Free entry of platforms delivers a superior …

As a part of their industry or competition policies governments decide whether to allow for free market entry of firms …

We analyze competition between data intermediaries collecting information on consumers, which they sell to firms for … price discrimination purposes. We show that competition between data intermediaries benefits consumers by increasing … competition between firms, and by reducing the amount of consumer data collected. We argue that merger policy guidelines should …

We study the dynamics of competition in a model with network effects, an incumbent and entry. We propose a new way of …

We show that competing firms relax overall competition by lowering future barriers to entry. We illustrate our findings …-period profits. This dampens competition for serving the first-period market. …

-dimensional spatial competition model. We develop a new methodology to analyze competition on a torus and show that there is a fundamental …, firms are likely to choose the minimal compatibility to maximize product differentiation and soften competition. This is in …

Envelopment is an effective form of market entry that facilitates competition among platforms. Nevertheless, many …