Variable willingness to pay for network externalities with strategic standardization decisions

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-251

  De Palma, André ^a,c   Leruth, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Duopoly; Network externalities; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030242184     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0176-2680(95)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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