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Network externalities, competition, and compatibility

Michael L. Katz
- 01 Jan 1985 - 
- Vol. 75, Iss: 3, pp 424-440
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This article is published in The American Economic Review.The article was published on 1985-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 6100 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Network economics.

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Why do Internet commerce firms incorporate logistics service providers in their distribution channels?: The role of transaction costs and network strength

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A framework for Internet of Things-enabled smart government: A case of IoT cybersecurity policies and use cases in U.S. federal government

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Do Consumers Search for the Highest Price? Oligopoly Equilibrium and Monopoly Optimum in Differentiated-Products Markets

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a model of search among substitutes for the best combination of commodity variant and price, in which the structure of search costs is manipulable by the suppliers of these variants, e.g., by joining an existing market or opening a new one.
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Tax Analysis in an Oligopoly Model

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