{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2803749147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3230654.3230660","title":"Optimal pricing for a peer-to-peer sharing platform under network externalities","display_name":"Optimal pricing for a peer-to-peer sharing platform under network externalities","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-06-18","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2803749147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3230654.3230660","mag":"2803749147"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3230654.3230660","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3230654.3230660","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Economics of Networks, Systems and Computation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09616","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100331832","display_name":"Yunpeng Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-9075"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I152815399","display_name":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","ror":"https://ror.org/05j6fvn87","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yunpeng Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Singapore University of Technology and Design"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005174253","display_name":"Costas Courcoubetis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9568-0640"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I152815399","display_name":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","ror":"https://ror.org/05j6fvn87","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Costas Courcoubetis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Singapore University of Technology and Design"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007119869","display_name":"Lingjie Duan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0217-6507"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I152815399","display_name":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","ror":"https://ror.org/05j6fvn87","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lingjie Duan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Singapore University of Technology and Design"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Singapore University of Technology and Design","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039736669","display_name":"Richard Weber","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-5534"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I241749","display_name":"University of Cambridge","ror":"https://ror.org/013meh722","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Richard Weber","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Cambridge","Univ. of Cambridge"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Cambridge","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. of Cambridge","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100331832"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I152815399"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.05866059,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12392","display_name":"Sharing Economy and Platforms","score":0.9886999726295471,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1406","display_name":"Marketing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12392","display_name":"Sharing Economy and Platforms","score":0.9886999726295471,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1406","display_name":"Marketing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11182","display_name":"Auction Theory and Applications","score":0.9879999756813049,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11031","display_name":"Game Theory and Applications","score":0.9629999995231628,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6445616483688354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bounded-function","display_name":"Bounded function","score":0.6316397786140442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-effect","display_name":"Network effect","score":0.5809335112571716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/valuation","display_name":"Valuation (finance)","score":0.5604593753814697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/zipfs-law","display_name":"Zipf's law","score":0.5553674101829529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/profit","display_name":"Profit (economics)","score":0.5088591575622559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/complete-information","display_name":"Complete information","score":0.5049012303352356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/peer-to-peer","display_name":"Peer-to-peer","score":0.4591609239578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marginal-utility","display_name":"Marginal utility","score":0.43666520714759827},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microeconomics","display_name":"Microeconomics","score":0.3566129505634308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.35642480850219727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.27813100814819336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.13838136196136475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.13581562042236328}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6445616483688354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34388435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267362","display_name":"Bounded function","level":2,"score":0.6316397786140442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96219163","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649124","display_name":"Network effect","level":2,"score":0.5809335112571716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186027771","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4008379","display_name":"Valuation (finance)","level":2,"score":0.5604593753814697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125932096","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205472","display_name":"Zipf's law","level":2,"score":0.5553674101829529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181622380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26911","display_name":"Profit (economics)","level":2,"score":0.5088591575622559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113336015","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574010","display_name":"Complete information","level":2,"score":0.5049012303352356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C534932454","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161410","display_name":"Peer-to-peer","level":2,"score":0.4591609239578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138551086","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842271","display_name":"Marginal utility","level":2,"score":0.43666520714759827},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.3566129505634308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.35642480850219727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.27813100814819336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.13838136196136475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.13581562042236328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3230654.3230660","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3230654.3230660","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Economics of Networks, Systems and Computation","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"mag:2803749147","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09616","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"mag:2803749147","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09616","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.5799999833106995}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1916607624","https://openalex.org/W2136041258","https://openalex.org/W2142297442","https://openalex.org/W2143593862","https://openalex.org/W2526827875","https://openalex.org/W2581979418","https://openalex.org/W2616501053","https://openalex.org/W2680307343","https://openalex.org/W2964180635"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3089240040","https://openalex.org/W2964180635","https://openalex.org/W3048071252","https://openalex.org/W2159741008","https://openalex.org/W1599794475","https://openalex.org/W2296056032","https://openalex.org/W2064440236","https://openalex.org/W2787777405","https://openalex.org/W2531063802","https://openalex.org/W643910391","https://openalex.org/W1721859697","https://openalex.org/W2885078078","https://openalex.org/W3081274421","https://openalex.org/W3033942045","https://openalex.org/W2848200462","https://openalex.org/W2788745994","https://openalex.org/W3184774798","https://openalex.org/W2086602274","https://openalex.org/W2735497885","https://openalex.org/W2591888378"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1],"paper,":[2],"we":[3,54,120,235],"analyse":[4],"how":[5],"a":[6,36,47,81,200,225,241,246],"peer-to-peer":[7],"sharing":[8,70,98],"platform":[9,32,132,260],"should":[10],"price":[11,147,228,264],"its":[12],"service":[13,33,140,251],"(when":[14],"imagined":[15],"as":[16,46,198],"an":[17],"excludable":[18],"public":[19],"good)":[20],"to":[21,30,39,126,151,157,240,265,273],"maximize":[22],"profit,":[23],"when":[24],"each":[25],"user's":[26],"participation":[27],"adds":[28],"value":[29,111],"the":[31,50,94,109,122,131,144,153,173,176,189,192,209,259,266,275],"by":[34,224,244],"creating":[35],"positive":[37],"externality":[38],"other":[40],"participants.":[41],"To":[42],"characterize":[43,152],"network":[44,74,110],"externalities":[45],"function":[48],"of":[49,52,138,146,148,159,184,249,269],"number":[51],"participants,":[53],"consider":[55],"different":[56,167],"bounded":[57,64,73,177],"and":[58,99,135,161,196,256],"unbounded":[59,90,193],"user":[60,83,219,277],"utility":[61,65,91,168,178,194,203],"models.":[62,169],"The":[63,89],"model":[66,92,195],"fits":[67,93],"many":[68],"infrastructure":[69],"applications":[71],"with":[72],"value,":[75],"in":[76,101,130,271],"which":[77,214],"complete":[78,134],"coverage":[79],"has":[80],"finite":[82],"valuation":[84],"(e.g.,":[85],"WiFi":[86],"or":[87,114],"hotspot).":[88],"large":[95],"scale":[96],"data":[97],"explosion":[100],"social":[102],"media,":[103],"where":[104],"it":[105],"is":[106,186,215,231],"expected":[107],"that":[108,172,181,208,230,258],"follows":[112],"Metcalfe's":[113],"Zipf's":[115],"law.":[116],"For":[117],"both":[118],"models,":[119],"analyze":[121],"optimal":[123,216],"pricing":[124,212,238],"schemes":[125,239],"select":[127],"heterogeneous":[128],"users":[129,252,270],"under":[133,217],"incomplete":[136,218],"information":[137,149],"users'":[139],"valuations.":[141],"We":[142,170,205],"propose":[143],"concept":[145],"(PoI)":[150],"profit":[154,185],"loss":[155],"due":[156],"lack":[158],"information,":[160,220],"present":[162],"provable":[163],"PoI":[164],"bounds":[165],"for":[166,175,191,199],"show":[171,207,257],"PoI=2":[174],"model,":[179],"meaning":[180],"just":[182],"half":[183],"lost,":[187],"whereas":[188],"PoI>=2":[190],"increases":[197],"less":[201],"concave":[202],"function.":[204],"also":[206],"complicated":[210],"differentiated":[211],"scheme":[213,229],"can":[221],"be":[222],"replaced":[223],"single":[226],"uniform":[227],"asymptotic":[232],"optimal.":[233],"Finally,":[234],"extend":[236],"our":[237],"two-sided":[242],"market":[243],"including":[245],"new":[247],"group":[248,268],"`pure'":[250],"contributing":[253],"no":[254],"externalities,":[255],"may":[261],"charge":[262],"zero":[263],"original":[267],"order":[272],"attract":[274],"pure":[276],"group.":[278]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}