This article studies competition between different types of ad-funded platforms attracting consumers with free services … that studies competition between standard platforms and social media platforms (with same-side network effects). We find …) externality on each other, competition fails to protect consumer welfare and behaves erratically. Finally, we present a few …

We analyze market dynamics under Bertrand duopoly competition in industries with network effects and consumer switching …

This paper investigates the competition between vertically differentiated platforms in two-sided markets. We assume the …

contracts. When comparing integration to separation under Cournot and Bertrand competition, in contrast to conventional wisdom …, we show that regardless of competition mode and the strength of network externalities, Pareto superiority can obtain …, or (ii) endogenous competition mode …

prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …

Does competition promote efficient platform pricing and market structures? We model imperfect platform competition … competition's impact on efficiency depends crucially on heterogeneity in users' valuations for network effects. The standard Flat … consequences of competition in calibrated models of the video game and newspaper industries.The appendices for this paper are …