Uncertainty kills the long tail: demand concentration in peer-to-peer marketplaces
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Multi-sided platforms; Peer-to-peer marketplaces; Long tail; Demand concentration; Uncertainty;All these keywords.
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- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
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