. We consider two representative business modes of intermediation that are widely used in real-life markets: one is a …

Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare …. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact …, competitive pressure on markets may create strong incentives for unethical practices (like using child labor) to increase …

This paper studies the stability of socially responsible behavior in markets. We develop a laboratory product market in …

. First, we discuss to which extent competition can emerge in digital markets and show which forms it can take. In particular … competition in platform markets. Second, we analyse competition policy issues and discuss how rules designed for standard markets … can perform in two-sided markets. We show that multi-sided externalities create new opportunities for anti …

This paper studies the impact of a key feature of competitive markets on moral behavior: the possibility that a … on the effect of markets on morals. …