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ECONOMIC RECORD
Volume 83, Issue 263, Pages 405-415Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00430.x
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This paper analyses dynamic pricing in markets with network externalities. Network externalities imply demand inertia, because the size of a network increases the usefulness of the product for consumers. Because past sales increase current demand, firms have an incentive to set low introductory prices to be able to increase prices as their networks grow. However, in reality we observe decreasing prices. This could be due to other factors dominating the network effects. We use an experimental duopoly market with demand inertia to isolate the effect of network externalities. We find that experimental prices are consistent with real world observations rather than with theoretical predictions.
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