Quality Regulation on Two-Sided Platforms: Exclusion, Subsidization, and First-Party Applications

Peng Huang
Peng Huang
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Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742;
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Gaoyan Lyu
Gaoyan Lyu
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School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Yi Xu
Yi Xu
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Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742;
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Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742;

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Gaoyan Lyu

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School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

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Yi Xu

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Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742;

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Published Online:28 Oct 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4075

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