Local network externalities and market segmentation

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 605-614

  Banerji, A ^a   Dutta, Bhaskar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market segmentation; Network externalities; Network structure; Price competition

Indexed keywords

BERTRAND COMPETITION; LOCAL NETWORKS; MARKET SEGMENTATION; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; NETWORK STRUCTURE; OR-NETWORKS; PAPER MODELS; PRICE COMPETITION;

COMPETITION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 67849092434     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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