@techreport{Choi2007Tying,
abstract = {This paper analyzes the effects of tying arrangements on market competition and social welfare in two-sided markets when economic agents can engage in multi-homing; that is, they can participate in multiple platforms in order to reap maximal network benefits. The model shows that tying induces more consumers to multi-home and makes platform-specific exclusive contents available to more consumers, which is also 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.},
address = {M\"{u}nchen},
author = {Jay Pil Choi},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {L1; L4; 330; Price Bundling; Software; Network Externalities; Wettbewerb; Wohlfahrtseffekt; Theorie},
language = {eng},
number = {2073},
publisher = {CESifo},
title = {Tying in two-sided markets with multi-homing},
type = {CESifo working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26118},
year = {2007}
}
