complementary relationship between e-books and e-reader as the main reason for the retailer to set a low e-book price in the … wholesale model. Comparing the wholesale and the agency models, we find, in a wide range of market conditions, the price for e-book … readers is lower in the agency model, leading to a higher e-book market share. However, a higher e-book price in the agency …

Over the years, many European countries have regulated their national book markets. Chief among the regulatory schemes … special treatment; (2) advancing diversity in the book market; (3) creating a wide distribution of and accessibility to books … design in book markets. The RPM regime has been discussed and analyzed using a positive economic framework, but its …