Alleman, James H.; Baranes, Edmond; Rappoport, Paul N. - 2019
The internet giants - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, among others - have transformed society with both positive … internet giants are multisided markets (MSM); their economic rents are "hidden" from the public. On the user-side of the market …, prices are zero - "free." On the other side of the market, Facebook's and Google's revenues are derived from advertising …