Tag: Network Effects
How Card Regulation is Killing Competition
David Evans, Aug 06, 2013
If you think there isn’t enough competition in the payments industry, just wait a few years - there will be...
A Tale of Two Games: Membership Versus Usage in Platform Competition
Estelle Cantillon, Pai-Ling Yin, Jul 27, 2010
Demand in platform competition is characterized by a 2-stage game: first, demanders decide whether to adopt a platform,...
How Many Markets are Two-Sided?
Lapo Filistrucchi, Jul 27, 2010
There is a lot of talk nowadays, among competition policy practitioners, about two-sided markets and two-sided platforms. It is indeed...
Competition and Innovation: A Non-Zero Sum Approach to Economic Growth
Shanker Singham, Jan 26, 2010
Consumer welfare, which should be the guiding principle of competition policy implementation, is often mistaken for consumer protection.Whereas consumer protection...
