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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CSIO Working Paper ; No. 0143

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jullien, Bruno ; Pavan, Alessandro
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Northwestern University, Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO)
• (where): Evanston, IL
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/213450
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET