Martin Peitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1224019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Peitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Peitz |
| SIGNATURE | PEITZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Martin Peitz is Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim, and also Director of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI), both in Mannheim, Germany. |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5599-1399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Network Goods, Price Discrimination, and Two-Sided Platforms
A monopolist selling a network good to heterogeneous users is shown to become a two-sided platform if it can condition prices on some user characteristics or if it cannot but induces user self-selection by offering screening contracts. This shows that the availability of sophisticated pricing instruments is essential to make a platform two-sided, not the ability to distinguish separate user groups. The use of freemium strategies (which consists o…
Segmentation versus Agglomeration
For many products, platforms enable sellers to transact with buyers. We show \nthat the competitive conditions among sellers shape the market structure in platform \nindustries. If product market competition is tough, sellers avoid competitors \nby joining different platforms. This allows platforms to sustain high fees and explains \nwhy, for example, in some online markets, several homogeneous platforms \nsegment the market. Instead, if product …
Net Neutrality
The last decade has seen a strident public debate about the principle of "net neutrality." The economic literature has focused on two definitions of net neutrality. The most basic definition of net neutrality is to prohibit payments from content providers to internet service providers; this situation we refer to as a one-sided pricing model, in contrast with a two-sided pricing model in which such payments are permitted. Net neutrality may also b…
The Economics of Privacy
A Theory of Clearance Sales
Clearance sales are widely used by firms as an intertemporal selling policy, in particular in markets where firms face demand uncertainty and need to choose capacity in advance. Clearance sales consist in charging a high price initially but then lowering the price in the sales period. High-valuation consumers purchase the good at the high initial price so as to avoid rationing at the low price, while low-valuation consumers wait for the price to …
A Theory of Clearance Sales
Clearance sales are widely used by firms as an intertemporal selling policy, in particular in markets where firms face demand uncertainty and need to choose capacity in advance. Clearance sales consist in charging a high price initially but then lowering the price in the sales period. High-valuation consumers purchase the good at the high initial price so as to avoid rationing at the low price, while low-valuation consumers wait for the price to …
Segmentation versus Agglomeration
For many products, platforms enable sellers to transact with buyers. We show \nthat the competitive conditions among sellers shape the market structure in platform \nindustries. If product market competition is tough, sellers avoid competitors \nby joining different platforms. This allows platforms to sustain high fees and explains \nwhy, for example, in some online markets, several homogeneous platforms \nsegment the market. Instead, if product …
Net Neutrality
The last decade has seen a strident public debate about the principle of "net neutrality." The economic literature has focused on two definitions of net neutrality. The most basic definition of net neutrality is to prohibit payments from content providers to internet service providers; this situation we refer to as a one-sided pricing model, in contrast with a two-sided pricing model in which such payments are permitted. Net neutrality may also b…
A Theory of Clearance Sales
Clearance sales are widely used by firms as an intertemporal selling policy, in particular in markets where firms face demand uncertainty and need to choose capacity in advance. Clearance sales consist in charging a high price initially but then lowering the price in the sales period. High-valuation consumers purchase the good at the high initial price so as to avoid rationing at the low price, while low-valuation consumers wait for the price to …
The Economics of Privacy
Net Neutrality
The last decade has seen a strident public debate about the principle of "net neutrality." The economic literature has focused on two definitions of net neutrality. The most basic definition of net neutrality is to prohibit payments from content providers to internet service providers; this situation we refer to as a one-sided pricing model, in contrast with a two-sided pricing model in which such payments are permitted. Net neutrality may also b…
Segmentation versus Agglomeration
For many products, platforms enable sellers to transact with buyers. We show \nthat the competitive conditions among sellers shape the market structure in platform \nindustries. If product market competition is tough, sellers avoid competitors \nby joining different platforms. This allows platforms to sustain high fees and explains \nwhy, for example, in some online markets, several homogeneous platforms \nsegment the market. Instead, if product …
Network Goods, Price Discrimination, and Two-Sided Platforms
A monopolist selling a network good to heterogeneous users is shown to become a two-sided platform if it can condition prices on some user characteristics or if it cannot but induces user self-selection by offering screening contracts. This shows that the availability of sophisticated pricing instruments is essential to make a platform two-sided, not the ability to distinguish separate user groups. The use of freemium strategies (which consists o…
Digital Platforms and Economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Microeconomics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Merger and Competition Analysis (3 works) · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (2 works) · Marketing (2 works)