Market power on each side of a multisided platform, whether in the form of increasing prices or decreasing quality, is … business model, and competition, result in the platform allowing one type of customers to participate in the platform for free … by the participants on the platform as well as have heightened focus on non-price competition when the participation for …

firms competing for consumer attention and advertiser dollars. The last two decades of online platform competition … model innovations, and cross-platform rivalry. The palpable threat of displacement prevents online platforms from taking … their customers for granted. The history of online platform competition also provides empirical refutation of the …

failures both on-platform, among merchants, and off-platform, among competing platforms. This paper develops two product … introduces a new data right for platform users, the in-situ data right, which is associated with positive welfare gains. By …

new data right for platform users, the in-situ data right, which is associated with positive welfare gains. By …

attract users to the platform. On the other hand, data-driven network effects may result in monopolistic market power of …

This volume collects a series of essays that I have written over the last decade on multi-sided platform businesses …

attract users to the platform. On the other hand, data-driven network effects may result in monopolistic market power of …