Is the google platform a two-sided market?

Journal of Competition Law and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-207

  Luchetta, Giacomo ^a  

^a Centre for European Policy Studies   (Belgium)

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EID: 84894328717     PISSN: 17446414     EISSN: 17446422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joclec/nht026     Document Type: Article

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