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Hybrid platform model: monopolistic competition and a dominant firm.

We model a platform controlling the variety and prices of the products it hosts via a percentage fee on sellers and choosing whether to sell its own products (hybrid mode). We derive a mixed market demand system for differentiated products with monopolistically competitive sellers and a sizeable pla...

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Published in:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 684 - 719
Main Authors: Anderson, Simon, Bedre Defolie, Özlem
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2024
Subjects:
Monopolistic competition
Consumers
Marketplaces
Price regulation
Administrative fees
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