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Search quality and revenue cannibalization by competing search engines

Abstract:

Consumers are attracted by high-quality search results. Search engines, though, essentially compete against themselves because consumers are induced to substitute away from advertisement links when their organic counterparts are of high quality. I characterize the effect of such revenue cannibalization upon equilibrium quality when search engines compete for clicks. Cannibalization provides an incentive for quality degradation, engendering low-quality equilibria-even when provision is costles...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/jems.12027

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
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Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy Journal website
Volume:
22
Issue:
3
Pages:
445-467
Publication date:
2013-01-01
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EISSN:
1530-9134
ISSN:
1058-6407
Pubs id:
pubs:426651
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uuid:c8b7d462-c5f8-4311-a90b-8f2ca0d8ec52
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pubs:426651
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426651
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2015-10-26

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