Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis
Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis
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竞争媒人：实验分析
DOI：
10.1287/mnsc.1110.1407
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发表时间：
2011
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J. Morgan
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作者：
Tanjim Hossain;Dylan Minor;J. Morgan
平台竞争无处不在，但对平台市场结构却知之甚少。理论模型通常会受到均衡多样性的影响-平台可能共存，或者市场可能倾向于任何一种平台。我们使用实验室实验来研究平台竞争的结果。当平台主要是垂直差异化时，我们发现，即使在理论上平台共存是可能的，市场也不可避免地倾向于更高效的平台。当平台主要是横向分化的，因此不存在单一的有效平台时，我们发现了均衡共存的有力证据。
这篇论文被决策分析的Peter Wakker接受。
Platform competition is ubiquitous, yet platform market structure is little understood. Theory models typically suffer from equilibrium multiplicity---platforms might coexist or the market might tip to either platform. We use laboratory experiments to study the outcomes of platform competition. When platforms are primarily vertically differentiated, we find that even when platform coexistence is theoretically possible, markets inevitably tip to the more efficient platform. When platforms are primarily horizontally differentiated, so there is no single efficient platform, we find strong evidence of equilibrium coexistence.
This paper was accepted by Peter Wakker, decision analysis.