Tying in two-sided markets and the honor all cards rule

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1333-1347

  Rochet, Jean Charles ^a   Tirole, Jean ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Payment cards; Price rebalancing; Tie ins; Two sided markets

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

PAYMENT CARDS; PRICE REBALANCING; TIE-INS; TWO-SIDED MARKETS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 53249122133     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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