An Economist's Guide to U.S. V Microsoft
An Economist's Guide to U.S. V Microsoft
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美国诉微软的经济学家指南
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.502822
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发表时间：
2001
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通讯作者：
M. Katz
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作者：
R. Gilbert;M. Katz
我们分析了美国诉微软提出的核心经济问题。网络效应和应用程序的规模经济为新的操作系统竞争对手创造了进入壁垒，Netscape Navigator和Java编程语言的结合本可以降低这一壁垒。微软采取行动消除了对其操作系统垄断的这种威胁，微软的一些行为很可能损害了消费者的利益。虽然我们认识到政府提出的将微软一分为二的结构性补救措施的风险，但我们悲观地认为，在这种情况下，有限的行为补救措施将有效。
We analyze the central economic issues raised by U.S. v Microsoft. Network effects and economies of scale in applications programs created a barrier to entry for new operating system competitors, which the combination of Netscape Navigator and the Java programming language potentially could have lowered. Microsoft took actions to eliminate this threat to its operating system monopoly, and some of Microsoft's conduct very likely harmed consumers. While we recognize the risks of the government's proposed structural remedy of splitting Microsoft in two, we are pessimistic that a limited conduct remedy would be effective in this case.