Title
Reconsidering Network Effect Theory
Abstract
According to Network Effect literature network ex- ternalities lead to market failure due to Pareto-inferior coordina- tion results. We show that the assumptions and simplifications implicitly used for modeling standardization processes fail to explain the real-world variety of diffusion courses in today's dynamic IT markets and derive requirements for a more gen- eral model of network effects. We argue that Agent-based Com- putational Economics provides a solid basis for meeting these requirements by integrating evolutionary models from Game Theory and Institutional Economics.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2000
ECIS
game theory,network effect,market failure,institutional economics
Field
DocType
Citations 
Network formation,Rational agent,Market failure,Computer science,Microeconomics,Network effect,Game theory,Computational economics,Institutional economics,Positive political theory
Conference
22
PageRank 
References 
Authors
2.61
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tim Weitzel1659.41
Oliver Wendt212720.98
Falk Von Westarp3479.16