Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: Managing Competition on a Two-Sided Platform
Author-Name: Paul Belleflamme
Author-Email: Paul.Belleflamme@univ-amu.fr
Author-Name: Martin Peitz
Author-Email: martin.peitz@gmail.com
Classification-JEL: D43, L13, L86
Keywords: Network effects, two-sided markets, platform competition, intermediation, pricing, imperfect competition

Abstract: On many two-sided platforms, users on one side not only care about user participation and usage
levels on the other side, but they also care about participation and usage of fellow users on the same side.
Most prominent is the degree of seller competition on a platform catering to buyers and sellers.
In this paper, we address how seller competition affects platform pricing, product variety, and the number
of platforms that carry trade.

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Length: 26
Creation-Date: 2018-07
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File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp028
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2018_028