Abstract
Many platforms use Price Parity Clauses (PPCs) to prevent sellers charging lower prices elsewhere. In a setting where PPCs affect platforms’ data acquisition, we show that buyers and sellers may benefit from PPCs when the market is young.
Replaces
Andreea Enache, and Andrew Rhodes, “Price Parity Clauses and Platform Data Acquisition”, TSE Working Paper, n. 25-1661, September 2025.
Reference
Andreea Enache, and Andrew Rhodes, “Price Parity Clauses and platform data acquisition”, Economics Letters, vol. 256, n. 112635, October 2025.
Published in
Economics Letters, vol. 256, n. 112635, October 2025