1. 1.Overview of basic concepts
   

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Readings

Evans, D.S. (2011). Platform Economics: Essays on Multi-Sided Businesses. Competition Policy International. Chapters 1 to 3.

2. 2.PLAtform competition
   

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Readings

Armstrong, M. 2006. Competition in Two-Sided Markets. RAND Journal of Economics 37, 668-91.

Belleflamme, P. and Peitz, M. 2010. Platform Competition and Seller Investment Incentives. European Economic Review 50, 1059-1076.

Belleflamme, P. and Toulemonde, E. 2009. Negative Intra-Group Externalities in Two-Sided Markets. International Economic Review 50, 245-272.

3. 3.application to specific industries
   

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Anderson, S., 2011. Advertising and the Internet. Mimeo

Belleflamme, P. and Peitz, M. (2010). Industrial Organization. Markets and Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 22. Section 2.

Caillaud, B. and Jullien, B. 2003. Chicken & Egg: Competition among Intermediation Service Providers. Rand Journal of Economics 34, 309-328.

Rochet, J.-Ch., and Tirole, J. 2002. Cooperation among Competitors: Some Economics of Payment Card Associations. Rand Journal of Economics 33, 549-570.

4. 4.competition policy and regulation
   

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Belleflamme, P. and Peitz, M. (2010). Industrial Organization. Markets and Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 22. Section 3.

Evans, D.S. (2011). Platform Economics: Essays on Multi-Sided Businesses. Competition Policy International. Chapters 1, 4, 5, and 6.