This article reports on an investigation of the role of lock-in exploitation and the impact of reputation portability … on workers’ switching behaviors in online labor markets. Online platforms using reputation mechanisms typically prevent … comparing a policy regime with and without reputation portability, we vary lock-in exploitation using platform fees to consider …

We investigate the relation between Net Neutrality regulation and Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market …, where Content Providers (CPs) and consumers interact through Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and CPs sell consumers … identify an important link between termination fees, the online advertising market and Internet fragmentation. We extend the …

We analyse consumers' search and purchase decisions on an Internet platform. Using a rich dataset on all adverts posted … and transactions made on a major French Internet platform (PriceMinister), we show evidence of substantial price …'s reputation) by another available advert. To explain the transactions observed on the platform, we derive and estimate a …