Taxation in Two-Sided Markets
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2007-01Metadata
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Abstract
Two-sided platform firms serve distinct customer groups that are connected through interdependent demand, and include major businesses such as the media industry, banking, and the software industry. A well known textbook result in one-sided markets is that a government may increase a monopolist’s output and reduce the deadweight loss by subsidizing output. The present paper shows that this result need not hold in a two-sided market. On the contrary, a higher advalorem tax rate - rather than a subsidy - could increase output and enhance welfare.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Finance and Management ScienceSeries
Discussion paper2007:3