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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jen-Yao Lee, Chen-Chia Fan, Chien-Shu Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Games
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/14/2/29