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Network Markets and Consumers Coordination
Attila Ambrus Harvard University - Department of Economics Rosa Argenziano affiliation not provided to SSRN September 2004 Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1481 Abstract: This paper assumes that groups of consumers in network markets can coordinate their choices when it is in their best interest to do so, and when coordination does not require communication. It is shown that multiple asymmetric networks can coexist in equilibrium if consumers have heterogeneous reservation values. A monopolist provider might choose to operate multiple networks to price differentiate consumers on both sides of the market. Competing network providers might operate networks such that one of them targets high reservation value consumers on one side of the market, while the other targets high reservation value consumers on the other side. Firms can obtain positive profits in price competition. In these asymmetric equilibria product differentiation is endogenized by the network choices of consumers. Heterogeneity of consumers is necessary for the existence of this type of equilibrium.
Keywords: Coalitional agreements, coordination, network externalities, optimal pricing, platform competition, price discrimination, two-sided markets JEL Classifications: D43, D62, L11, L14 Working Paper SeriesDate posted: October 20, 2004 ; Last revised: October 20, 2004Suggested CitationContact Information
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