TY  - JOUR
CY  - États-Unis
ID  - publications44288
UR  - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/126563
IS  - n° 1
A1  - Jeon, Doh-Shin
A1  - Menicucci, Domenico
A1  - Nasr, Nikrooz
N2  - We study mix-and-match compatibility choices of firms selling complementary products in a dynamic setting. Contrary to what happens in a static setting where symmetric firms choose compatibility (Matutes and Regibeau 1988), when switching costs are high and firms make price discrimination based on past purchases, symmetric firms choose incompatibility to soften future competition if the discount factor is large, which harms consumers. Interoperability increases consumer surplus at least for high switching costs. Data portability, by reducing switching costs, induces the firms to choose compatibility more often but, given a compatibility regime, benefits consumers only if a nonnegative pricing constraint binds.
VL  - vol. 15
TI  - Compatibility choices, switching costs and data portability
AV  - public
EP  - 73
Y1  - 2023/02//
PB  - American Economic Association
JF  - American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
SN  - 1945-7669
SP  - 30
ER  -