Prioritization vs. congestion on platforms: evidence from Amazon's Twitch.tv.

This article studies the efficient use of prioritizing certain content over others in Amazon's Twitch.tv, a live streaming service, taking into account the trade‐off between entry and congestion. I specify and estimate supply and demand models for live video, and a congestion model. Using technologi...

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Published in:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 328 - 356
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2022
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