Arbeitspapier
Apparent Competition in Two-Sided Platforms
We study a platform’s design of membership and transaction fees when sellers compete and buyers cannot observe the prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers’ competition by charging them transaction fees that increase with sales revenue, and extracts surplus via membership fees. It prices consumers’ membership below its cost to encourage their search. Examples include malls and online marketplaces. Most malls do not charge for parking while most lease contracts include percentage rents as well as fixed rents. Online marketplaces charge sellers for membership and per transaction while letting consumers access website for free.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6660
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Theory
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: General
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Nonagricultural and Nonresidential Real Estate Markets
- Thema
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consumer search
membership fees
retail agglomeration
transaction fees
two-sided platforms
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Guven, Gokhan
Inci, Eren
Russo, Antonio
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
Datenpartner
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Guven, Gokhan
- Inci, Eren
- Russo, Antonio
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2017
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