Compatibility, Standardization, and Network Effects: Some Policy Implications

Abstract

Given the dramatic growth of the Internet and information‐technology industries in general, and the importance of interconnection in these networks, the economics of compatibility and standardization has become mainstream economics. In this paper, I examine several key policy aspects of standard setting in industries with network effects.

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