Externalidades de red y estimación de una función de demanda

Merino Troncoso, Carlos (2012): Externalidades de red y estimación de una función de demanda.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to theoretically build a demand curve characterized by network externalities and study whether empirical evidence supports the theoretical form of it. Secondly, several possible equilibriums are analyzed assuming different behaviors of companies in the presence of these externalities.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Network externalities and demand estimation
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Externalidades de red, datos de panel
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes

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