Social Welfare and Cost Recovery in Two-Sided Markets /

Using a simple model of two-sided markets, we show that, in the social optimum, platform pricing leads to an inherent cost recovery problem. This result is driven by the positive externality of participation that users on either side of the market exert on the opposite side. The contribution of this...

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Autore principale: Bolt, Wilko
Altri autori: Tieman, Alexander
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/194
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Accesso online:Full text available on IMF

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