The newspaper industry is a two-sided market: the readers market and the advertising market are closely linked by inter-market network externalities. We estimate market power in the Italian newspaper industry by building a structural model which encompasses a demand estimation of both sides of the market and where profit maximization by the publishing firms takes into account the interactions between them. The question that we address is whether the observed price pattern is consistent with profit-maximizing behavior by competing firms or is instead driven by some form of (tacit or explicit) coordinated practice.
Estimating Market Power in a Two-Sided Market: The Case of Newspapers / Argentesi E.; Filistrucchi L.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2004). (Intervento presentato al convegno 15° Conferenza Annuale EC(2): The Econometrics of Industrial Organization tenutosi a Marsiglia nel 16-18 Dicembre 2004).
Estimating Market Power in a Two-Sided Market: The Case of Newspapers
ARGENTESI, ELENA;
2004
Abstract
The newspaper industry is a two-sided market: the readers market and the advertising market are closely linked by inter-market network externalities. We estimate market power in the Italian newspaper industry by building a structural model which encompasses a demand estimation of both sides of the market and where profit maximization by the publishing firms takes into account the interactions between them. The question that we address is whether the observed price pattern is consistent with profit-maximizing behavior by competing firms or is instead driven by some form of (tacit or explicit) coordinated practice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
