Direct Network Externalities
Direct Network Externalities is an economic phenomenon within platform markets whereby the value of a platform to a user increases directly with the number of other users on the same platform, distinguished from indirect network effects by its absence of reliance on complementary goods or cross-side demand interdependencies.
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Direct Network Effects
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Network externalities, competition, and compatibility
Michael L. Katz · American Economic Review · 1985 · 6.2K citations
Nicholas Economides · International Journal of Industrial Organization · 1996 · 1.6K citations
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New York University
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Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Toulouse School of Economics
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The University of Texas at Dallas
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University of Calgary
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Stanford University
Stanford, United States
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