Price competition in a differentiated products duopoly under network effects

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-97

  Griva, Krina ^a   Vettas, Nikolaos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expectations; Network effects; Price competition; Product variety; Quality

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATIONS; NETWORK EFFECTS; PRICE COMPETITION; PRODUCT VARIETY; QUALITY;

COMMERCE; COSTS; INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); NETWORK ANALYSIS; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 79952037258     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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