Online intermediaries greatly expand consumer information, but also raise sellers' marginal
costs by charging high commissions. To prevent disintermediation, some platforms adopted …

Heterogeneity of consumer preferences is a crucial feature of the platform economy, and
service price and charging strategies crucially influence customer choice behavior. To …

We study strategic interactions in markets where firms sell to consumers both directly and via
a competitive channel (CC), such as a price comparison website or marketplace, where …

I consider a market for differentiated products with an online marketplace (the platform) and
two types of firms. Marketplace firms sell through the platform. Branded firms sell to …

We study the competitive and welfare effects of wholesale price-parity agreements. These
contracts prevent a monopolist, who sells its product to final consumers both directly and …

This study theoretically explores the impact of market segmentation uncertainty on
producers' production decisions and their subsequent effects on producers' profits …

Several antitrust authorities have investigated platform price parity clauses around the world.
I analyze the impact of these clauses when platforms design a search environment for …

This article investigates the incentive and ability of a platform to limit the extent of
competition between the sellers it hosts. Absent contractual restrictions, a platform has an …

We study the design of online platforms that aggregate information and facilitate
transactions. Leading players in the industry (eg the Booking Group) hold two types of …

We consider a three-level supply chain where a monopolistic seller distributes its product
both directly through its own distribution channel and indirectly through platforms accessed …