Information management and pricing in platform markets

Arbeitspapier

We study platform markets in which the information about users' preferences is dispersed. First, we show how the dispersion of information introduces idiosyncratic uncertainty about participation decisions and how the latter shapes the elasticity of the demands and the equilibrium prices. We then study the effects on profits, consumer surplus, and welfare of platform design, blogs, forums, conferences, advertising campaigns, post-launch disclosures, and other information management policies affecting the agents' ability to predict participation decisions on the other side of the market.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CSIO Working Paper ; No. 0143

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
• Thema: platform markets ; dispersed information ; design ; information management ; informative advertising ; market ignition ; global games

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Jullien, Bruno ; Pavan, Alessandro
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Northwestern University, Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO)
• (wo): Evanston, IL
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/213450
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ