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Becher, Michael
, Stegmueller, Daniel and Käppner, Konstantin
(2018)
Data and Competition: A Simple Framework.
TSE Working Paper, n. 80, Toulouse
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Abstract
Does enhanced access to data foster or hinder competition among firms? Using a competition-in-utility framework that encompasses many situations where firms use data, we model data as a revenue-shifter and identify two opposite effects: a mark-up effect according to which data induces firms to compete harder, and a surplus-extraction effect. We provide conditions for data to be pro- or anti-competitive, requiring neither knowledge of demand nor computation of equilibrium. We apply our results to situations where data is used to recommend products, monitor insuree behavior, price-discriminate, or target advertising. We also revisit the issue of data and market structure.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Date: | April 2018 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| JEL Classification: | L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2019 22:02 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2023 08:44 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:32535 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/32296 |
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Data and Competition: a General Framework with Applications to Mergers, Market Structure, and Privacy Policy. (deposited 28 Feb 2020 08:49)
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