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influenced by BRIAN W. ARTHUR's theory of path dependence claiming (1) that high-technology markets being subject to network … dependence theory is only a theoretical curiosity that lacks empirical evidence. The predominance of a certain technology and … Microsoft's monopoly as it was claimed by the courts within their 'applications barrier to entry' theory. I claim that current …
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This paper studies mergers in two-sided markets by estimating a structural supply-and-demand model using data from the 1996-2006 merger wave in U.S. radio. It makes two main contributions. First, it identifies the conflicting incentives of merged firms to exercise market power on both sides of...
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Facebook and Google and other internet giants are multisided markets (MSM). 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 which appears when the users click on advertisers' web sites. They can...
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I examine the release date scheduling of all motion pictures that went into wide release in the US in 1995 and 1996 to investigate the effects of vertical market structure on competition. The evidence suggests that complex vertical structures involving multiple upstream or downstream firms...
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In the past several decades, the U.S. economy has witnessed a number of striking trends that indicate a rising market concentration and a slowdown in business dynamism. In this paper, we make an attempt to understand potential common forces behind these empirical regularities through the lens of...
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