Exchange Competition, Entry, and Welfare

71 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2019 Last revised: 9 Jun 2021

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Giovanni Cespa

Bayes Business School; Bayes Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Xavier Vives

University of Navarra - IESE Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

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Date Written: April 22, 2021

Abstract

We assess the consequences for market quality and welfare of different entry regimes and exchange pricing policies, integrating a microstructure model with a free-entry, exchange competition model where exchanges have market power in technological services. Free-entry delivers superior liquidity and welfare outcomes vis-à-vis an unregulated monopoly, but entry can be excessive or insufficient. Depending on the extent of the monopolist’s technological services undersupply compared to the first best, a planner can achieve a higher welfare controlling entry or platform fees.

Keywords: Market Fragmentation, Welfare, Endogenous Market Structure, Platform Competition, Cournot with Free Entry, Industrial Organization of Exchanges

JEL Classification: G10, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Cespa, Giovanni and Cespa, Giovanni and Vives, Xavier, Exchange Competition, Entry, and Welfare (April 22, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3316784 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3316784

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