Platforms and network effects

Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz

Chapter 11 in Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, Volume II, 2018, pp 286-317 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In many markets, user benefits depend on participation and usage decisions of other users, giving rise to network effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This chapter reviews key findings from the literature on network effects and two-sided platforms. It lays out the basic models of monopoly platforms and platform competition, and elaborates on some routes taken by recent research.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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