This chapter analyzes the private rationale and the social costs and benefits of market
foreclosure, here defined as a firm's restriction of output in one market through the use of …

We propose an analysis of platform competition based on the academic literature with a
view towards competition policy. First, we discuss to which extent competition can emerge in …

We provide a framework for analyzing two-sided markets that allows for different degrees of
product differentiation on each side of the market. When platforms are viewed as …

The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our
everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter …

I study pricing and commitment by platforms in two‐sided markets with the following
characteristics:(i) platforms are essential bottleneck inputs for buyers and sellers transacting …

This paper measures the impact of vertically integrated and exclusive software on industry
structure and welfare in the sixth-generation of the US video game industry (2000–2005). I …

It is common for a retailer to sell products from competing manufacturers. How then should
the firms manage their contract negotiations? The supply chain coordination literature …

EXCLUSIVE dealing can be defined as a contractual requirement by which retailers or
distributors promise a supplier that they will not handle the goods of competing producers …

We investigate the impact of vertical mergers on upstream firms' ability to collude when
selling to downstream firms in a repeated game. We show that vertical mergers give rise to …

Preface p. xi 1 Economics p. 1 I. Definitions p. 1 II. Perfect Competition Versus Monopoly p. 9
III. Further Topics p. 21 2 Law and Policy p. 27 I. Some Interpretation Issues p. 28 II. Enacting …