Measuring Network Effects in a Dynamic Environment

Marc Rysman, Gautam Gowrisankaran () and Minsoo Park ()
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Gautam Gowrisankaran: University of Arizona, HEC Montreal and NBER

No WP2011-061, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series from Boston University - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper proposes methods for identifying indirect network e ects with dynamically optimizing consumers purchasing a durable hardware good and associated software. We apply this model to data drawn from the DVD player and titles markets. We observe model-level prices, sales and characteristics of DVD players and sales and availability of DVDs monthly for 10 years. We augment these aggregate data with household survey data on player holdings. In our model, forward look- ing consumers buy possibly multiple DVD players over time and ben- e t from the evolution of the titles market. We provide a framework for addressing a series of econometric problems which have not been systematically addressed before.

Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2011-01
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