Seminar
Past
Sherlocking: The Effects of Platform-Owner Entry on the Competitive Behavior of Third-Party Firms
Benjamin Leyden
- Date7 May 2026
- Time 14h00 - 15h00
- Room Online_Zoom
Résumé
I study how third-party firms respond when a platform owner enters its own marketplace, analyzing Apple's entries into App Store submarkets from 2016-2021. Using text embeddings to define markets and a staggered difference-indifferences design, I find that Apple's entry deters new competitors and shifts incumbents' monetization strategies, but effects vary widely: many markets show no meaningful response, while others move in opposing directions across a host of monetization and quality outcomes. Responses depend on how Apple enters and apps' competitive proximity to Apple. This heterogeneity suggests targeted oversight rather than categorical restrictions on platform-owner entry.
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