捆绑
多归宿
归巢(生物学)
福利
竞赛(生物学)
业务
产业组织
社会福利
微观经济学
经济
计算机科学
市场经济
生物
互联网
政治学
万维网
生态学
法学
因特网协议
标识
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6451.2010.00426.x
摘要
This paper analyzes the effects of tying on market competition and social welfare in two‐sided markets when economic agents can engage in multi‐homing by participating in multiple platforms to reap maximal network benefits. The model shows that tying induces more consumers to multi‐home and makes platform‐specific exclusive content available to more consumers, which is beneficial to content providers. As a result, tying can be welfare‐enhancing if multi‐homing is allowed, even in cases where its welfare impacts are negative in the absence of multi‐homing. The analysis thus can have important implications for recent antitrust cases in industries where multi‐homing is prevalent.
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