Browsing Working papers (SNF) by Author "Stähler, Frank"
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Another tale of two-sided markets
Kind, Hans Jarle; Stähler, Frank (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-06)This note generalizes the frequently used Hotelling model for two-sided markets. We demonstrate an invariance theorem: advertisement levels neither depend on the media price nor on the location of the media firm. An increase ... -
Market shares in two-sided media industries
Kind, Hans Jarle; Stähler, Frank (Working paper, Working paper, 2009-03)This paper generalizes the frequently used Hotelling model for two-sided markets in order to determine the equilibrium market shares. We show that independent of whether consumers are uniformly or non-uniformly distributed, ... -
Newspapers and advertising : the effects of ad-valorem taxation under duopoly
Kind, Hans Jarle; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Stähler, Frank (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-12)Newspapers are two-sided platforms that sell their product both to readers and to advertisers. Media firms in general, and newspapers in particular, are considered important providers of information, culture and language ...