Asymmetric networks in two-sided markets

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-52

  Ambrus, Attila ^a   Argenziano, Rossella ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67849096325     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.1.1.17     Document Type: Article

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