Product Quality and Entering through Tying: Experimental Evidence
@article{Kim2019ProductQA, title={Product Quality and Entering through Tying: Experimental Evidence}, author={H. Kim and Michael Luca}, journal={Behavioral \& Experimental Economics eJournal}, year={2019} }
Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to complement their core business. One common approach used to gain traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a t...
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