Maruyama, Masayoshi; Zennyo, Yusuke - In: Economics Letters 130 (2015) C, pp. 39-42
This paper analyzes the unilateral choices of application compatibility by platforms and the endogenous affiliations of … application compatibility is not an equilibrium unless the cost for achieving application compatibility is zero. We also find that … chooses compatibility and that, these asymmetric equilibria are harmful both to the content providers and to users, compared …