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We consider a heretofore unexplored explanation for why platforms, such as Internet service providers and mobile-phone networks, offer plans with download limits: through one of two mechanisms, doing so causes the providers of the content consumer purchase to either reduce their prices or...
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We consider a heretofore unexplored explanation for why platforms, such as Internet service providers, might impose download limits on content consumers: doing so increases the degree to which those consumers view content providers products as substitutes. This, in turn, intensifies competition...
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We consider a heretofore unexplored explanation for why platforms, such as Internet service providers and mobile-phone networks, offer plans with download limits: through one of two mechanisms, doing so causes the providers of the content consumer purchase to either reduce their prices or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014037930
monopoly entrusts pricing decisions to a manager who enjoys monetary rewards but dislikes production effort. We show that cheap …
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monopoly problem when the price imperfectly signals quality to the uninformed buyers. We then study the effect of noise on … output, market price, information flows, and expected profits. The presence of noise may reduce the informational externality …
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The paper analyzes the price, output and welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination triggered by the … risky market may be charged the lower price and despite linear demands, aggregate expected output may fall but expected …
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monopoly problem when the price imperfectly signals quality to the uninformed buyers. We then study the effect of noise on … output, market price, information flows, and expected profits. The presence of noise may reduce the informational externality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093809
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monopoly, analysing questions of introductory pricing and quantity rationing. The model suggests that neither of these two … instruments is able to explain why we see so much free software in the markets. -- software monopoly ; lagged network externality …
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We prove that a sufficient condition for the core existence in a n-firm vertically differentiated market is that the qualities of firms' products are equally-spaced along the quality spectrum. This result contributes to see that a fully collusive agreement among firms in such markets is more...
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