Content Quality Assurance on Media Platforms with User-Generated Content

This paper develops a duopoly model for user-generated content (UGC) platforms, which compete for consumers and content producers in two-sided markets characterized by network externalities. Each platform has the option to invest in a content quality assurance (CQA) system and determine the level of...

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Published in:	Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Main Authors:	Xingzhen Zhu, Markus Lang, Helmut Max Dietl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Subjects:	UGC platform two-sided market multi-homing network externalities platform investment
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/0718-1876/18/3/84

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