Exclusive content and platform competition in Latin America

Alexander Cuntz and Kyle Bergquist

Information Economics and Policy, 2022, vol. 60, issue C

Abstract: Platforms often compete over non-price strategies such as the exclusive distribution of products. But these strategies are not always welfare-enhancing. Using rich data on audiovisuals distributed on platforms in Brazil, we find that non-exclusive distribution and availability of titles across platforms is more effective in deterring online piracy than in the single-homing case. Moreover, for the subset of domestic movies, it induces higher average investment in the quality of new titles upstream. We discuss options of copyright and competition policies in the light of these findings.

Keywords: Platform competition; Exclusive distribution; Piracy; Quality; Movies; Copyright (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 O31 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2022.100989

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