Private contracts in two‐sided platforms.

We study a platform that signs private contracts with sellers. Contractual secrecy implies interrelated hold‐up problems for buyers and sellers that reduce platform profits and welfare. By increasing its control over sellers' prices, the platform is able to increase price transparency and commit to...

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Publicado en:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 815 - 839
Autores principales: Llanes, Gastón, Ruiz‐Aliseda, Francisco
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2021
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