Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network Effects Using a Digital Platform Merger - HBS Working Knowledge

^{( January 14, 2021; Harvard Business School )}

With heated debate over antitrust regulation of online platforms, this study finds that when a larger platform acquired its greatest competitor, users were not better off with a single platform compared to two competitors, despite marked efficiency improvements experienced by the acquiring platform.

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• Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network Effects Using a Digital Platform Merger (NBER|National Bureau of Economic Research)