Content provision and compatibility in a platform market

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2014
Volume: 124
Issue: 3
Pages: 478-481

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper studies the ambiguous welfare effects of compatibility in a platform market with endogenous content provision. Compatibility can be particularly harmful if it leads to reduced content but can be beneficial if content is sufficiently increased.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:124:y:2014:i:3:p:478-481
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29