Network Externalities and Downstream Collusion under Asymmetric Costs: A Note
This paper considers the collusive stability of downstream competition in a vertical market with network externalities and cost asymmetry. A dynamic collusion game is constructed, and backward induction is employed to solve the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium. We show that larger network externalit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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Series: | Games |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/14/2/29 |