Critical Mass and Network Size with Application to the US FAX Market
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- 1 January 1995
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- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
We analyze the equilibrium size of networks under alternative market structures. Networks are characterized by positive size externalities (commonly called &quoKeywords
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