I present a new model of optimal dynamic pricing and diffusion of a network good sold by a monopolist. The good in this model is a social network good in that each consumer’s value of the good within a social network increases as more of her neighbors use the good. In each period, the...

We examine tippy network markets that accommodate price discrimination. The analysis shows that when a mild equilibrium refinement, the monotonicity criterion, is adopted, network competition may have a unique subgame-perfect equilibrium regarding the winner's identity; the prevailing brand may...

A platform matches agents from two sides of a market to create a trading opportunity between them. The agents subscribe to the platform by paying subscription fees which are contingent on their reported private types, and then engage in strategic interactions with their matched partner(s). A...