Details about Mark Armstrong

Homepage:	https://sites.google.com/view/mark-armstrong/home
Postal address:	Department of Economics, University College London, Drayton House, 30 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AX, UK
Workplace:	Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Multiproduct Cost Passthrough: Edgeworth's Paradox Revisited
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2022) View citations (3)

2021

2. Consumer Information and the Limits to Competition
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2021) View citations (4)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (9)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2019) View citations (7)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2019) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2022)
3. Patterns of Competitive Interaction
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2021)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2019) View citations (1)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2020) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2022)
4. Plan S: An Economist's Perspective
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article in Managerial and Decision Economics (2021)

2020

5. Patterns of Price Competition and the Structure of Consumer Choice
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2018

6. Discriminating Against Captive Customers
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
   Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2018) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review: Insights (2019)
7. Patterns of Competition with Captive Customers
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (8)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2018) View citations (8)

2017

8. Discount Pricing
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (2)
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2012)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
   See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2020)

2016

9. Multiproduct Pricing Made Simple
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2016) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2018)
10. Ordered Consumer Search
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2016) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2017)

2015

11. Nonlinear Pricing
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2015)
    See also Journal Article in Annual Review of Economics (2016)
12. Search and ripoff externalities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (47)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2014) View citations (2)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Industrial Organization (2015)
13. Which demand systems can be generated by discrete choice?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (17)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2014)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2015)

2014

14. Opening Access to Research
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2014) View citations (4)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2014) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2015)
15. Search Deterrence
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2013) View citations (1)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2016)

2012

16. A More General Theory of Commodity Bundling
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2013)
17. Consumer protection and contingent charges
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (65)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2012)

2011

18. Bundling Revisited: Substitute Products and Inter-Firm Discounts
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (2)
19. Economic models of consumer protection policies
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
20. Exploding Offers and Buy-Now Discounts
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (2)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (3)
    Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (6)
    EERI Research Paper Series, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels (2010) View citations (3)
21. Paying for prominence
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (103)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2011)

2010

22. Behavioral Economics as Applied to Firms: A Primer
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (51)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (51)
23. Conditioning prices on search behaviour
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)

2008

24. A model of delegated project choice
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2010)
25. Collection sales: good or bad for journals?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2010)
26. Consumer protection and the incentive to become informed
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2009)
27. Interactions between competition and consumer policy
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (44)
28. Prominence and Consumer Search
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2009)

2007

29. A Model of Delegated Project Choice With Application to Merger Policy
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
30. Inattentive Consumers and Product Quality
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2009)
31. Mobile call termination in the UK
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (17)

2006

32. Access pricing, bypass and universal service in post
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article in Review of Network Economics (2008)
33. Competitive Nonlinear Pricing and Bundling
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (15)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2006) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2010)
34. Price discrimination
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (97)

2005

35. Competition in Two-Sided Markets
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (66)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2006)
36. Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital World
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (20)
37. Recent Developments in the Economics of Price Discrimination
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (12)
38. Regulation, Competition and Liberalization
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2006)

2002

39. Competition in two-sided markets (2002 version)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)

2001

40. The theory of access pricing and interconnection
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (102)

1997

41. Mobile telephony in the UK
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)

1996

42. Nonlinear pricing with imperfectly informed consumers
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

1995

43. Delegation and discretion
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)

1992

44. Nonlinear Pricing and Price Cap Regulation
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1995)
45. Price Discrimination, Competition and Regulation
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Industrial Economics (1993)

1991

46. Optimal Regulatory Lag under Price Cap Regulation
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Consumer Information and the Limits to Competition
   American Economic Review, 2022, 112, (2), 534-77 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2021)
2. Patterns of Competitive Interaction
   Econometrica, 2022, 90, (1), 153-191 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2021)

2021

3. Plan S: An economist's perspective
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2021, 42, (8), 2017-2026
   See also Working Paper (2021)

2020

4. DISCOUNT PRICING
   Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (4), 1614-1627
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2019

5. Discriminating against Captive Customers
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2019, 1, (3), 257-72 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2018

6. Multiproduct Pricing Made Simple
   Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126, (4), 1444 - 1471 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2017

7. Ordered Consumer Search
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15, (5), 989-1024 View citations (35)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2016

8. Nonlinear Pricing
   Annual Review of Economics, 2016, 8, (1), 583-614
   See also Working Paper (2015)
9. Search Deterrence
   Review of Economic Studies, 2016, 83, (1), 26-57 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

10. Opening Access to Research
    Economic Journal, 2015, 125, (586), F1-F30 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
11. Search and Ripoff Externalities
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2015, 47, (3), 273-302 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
12. Which demand systems can be generated by discrete choice?
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, 158, (PA), 293-307 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2015)

2013

13. A more general theory of commodity bundling
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2013, 148, (2), 448-472 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

14. Consumer Protection and Contingent Charges
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50, (2), 477-93 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

15. Paying for Prominence
    Economic Journal, 2011, 121, (556), F368-F395 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

16. A Model of Delegated Project Choice
    Econometrica, 2010, 78, (1), 213-244 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
17. COLLECTION SALES: GOOD OR BAD FOR JOURNALS?
    Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48, (1), 163-176 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
18. Competitive Non-linear Pricing and Bundling
    Review of Economic Studies, 2010, 77, (1), 30-60 View citations (87)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
19. Jane Martin: Special Tribute
    Review of Economic Studies, 2010, 77, (1), 1-2

2009

20. Consumer Protection and the Incentive to Become Informed
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 399-410 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
21. Inattentive Consumers and Product Quality
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 411-422 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
22. Mobile Call Termination
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (538), F270-F307 View citations (34)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (538), F270-F307 (2009) View citations (72)
23. Prominence and consumer search
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2009, 40, (2), 209-233 View citations (156)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

24. Access Pricing, Bypass and Universal Service in Post
    Review of Network Economics, 2008, 7, (2), 1-16 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

25. Two-sided Markets, Competitive Bottlenecks and Exclusive Contracts
    Economic Theory, 2007, 32, (2), 353-380 View citations (182)

2006

26. Competition in two‐sided markets
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2006, 37, (3), 668-691 View citations (409)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
27. Regulation, Competition and Liberalization
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2006, 44, (2), 325-366 View citations (169)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

28. Public service broadcasting
    Fiscal Studies, 2005, 26, (3), 281-299 View citations (26)

2004

29. Network interconnection with asymmetric networks and heterogeneous calling patterns
    Information Economics and Policy, 2004, 16, (3), 375-390 View citations (14)
30. Toward a Synthesis of Models of Regulatory Policy Design with Limited Information
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2004, 26, (1), 5-21 View citations (5)

2001

31. Access Pricing, Bypass, and Universal Service
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 297-301 View citations (42)
32. Competitive Price Discrimination
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2001, 32, (4), 579-605 View citations (282)

2000

33. Multiproduct Price Regulation Under Asymmetric Information
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2000, 48, (2), 137-160 View citations (12)
34. Optimal Multi-Object Auctions
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (3), 455-481 View citations (104)

1999

35. Competition in the Pay-TV Market
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1999, 13, (4), 257-280 View citations (29)
36. Multi-dimensional screening:: A user's guide
    European Economic Review, 1999, 43, (4-6), 959-979 View citations (114)
37. Optimal Regulation with Unknown Demand and Cost Functions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1999, 84, (2), 196-215 View citations (39)
38. Price Discrimination by a Many-Product Firm
    Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (1), 151-168 View citations (103)
39. The Density of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator
    Econometrica, 1999, 67, (6), 1459-1470 View citations (9)

1998

40. Network Interconnection in Telecommunications
    Economic Journal, 1998, 108, (448), 545-64 View citations (221)
41. The Access Pricing Problem with Deregulation: A Note
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1998, 46, (1), 115-121 View citations (37)

1997

42. Competition in Telecommunications
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1997, 13, (1), 64-82 View citations (22)

1996

43. Multiproduct Nonlinear Pricing
    Econometrica, 1996, 64, (1), 51-75 View citations (305)
44. Regulatory reform in telecommunications in Central and Eastern Europe
    The Economics of Transition, 1996, 4, (2), 295-318 View citations (15)
45. The Access Pricing Problem: A Synthesis
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1996, 44, (2), 131-50 View citations (168)

1995

46. Nonlinear pricing and price cap regulation
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 58, (1), 33-55 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1993

47. Price Discrimination, Competition and Regulation
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1993, 41, (4), 335-59 View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

48. Welfare Effects of Price Discrimination by a Regulated Monopolist
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1991, 22, (4), 571-581 View citations (35)

Books

1994

1. Regulatory Reform: Economic Analysis and British Experience, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (368)

Edited books

2007

1. Handbook of Industrial Organization, vol 3
   Handbook of Industrial Organization, Elsevier View citations (329)

Chapters

2007

1. Preface to the Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume 3
   Elsevier View citations (82)
2. Recent Developments in the Theory of Regulation
   Elsevier View citations (196)

2002

3. Converging Communications: Implications for Regulation – Mark Armstrong, Chairman's Comments – David Edmonds
   Chapter 6 in Utility Regulation and Competition Policy, 2002