A mechanism design for the sales of the goods with network externalities

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19730144
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
• Principal Investigator: SHICHIJO Tatsuhiro Osaka Prefecture University, 経済学部, 准教授 (40305660)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2010
• Keywords: ネットワーク外部性 / 調整ゲーム / ゲーム理論

Research Abstract

We conducted experiment about the method with refundable reservation tickets as a way to sell goods with network externalities. We consider following four cases : (a) selling with pay refundable reservation tickets, (b) selling with free refundable reservation tickets, (c) selling with cheap talk, (d) direct selling. We obtained the following results : (1)The refundable reservation tickets promote the selling of goods with network externalities, (2)the pay refundable reservation tickets is more useful than the free tickets, (3)the pay refundable reservation tickets is more useful than cheap talk, (4)there is no significant difference between cheap talk and free refundable reservation tickets.
We also made a model with SNS, which is a service with network externalities.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Subgame-perfect free trade networks in a four-country model (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki Iimura, Tatsuhiro Shichijo, Toru Hokari
  • Journal Title: Economics Bulletin vol.30 Pages: 650-657
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Two-Step Subsidy Scheme to Overcome Network Externalities in a Dynamic Game (2009)
  • Author(s): Shichijo, Tatsuhiro, Nakayama, Yuji
  • Journal Title: The B.E.Journal of Theoretical Economics Vol9 Pages: 1-18
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 友だち関係ネットワークの階層化とスモールワールド性の入れ子構造について-学生専用SNSのデータ分析とモデリングおよびシミュレーション
  • Author(s): 友知政樹, 田中敦, 七條達弘
  • Journal Title: 理論と方法 Vol.26 No.1 Pages: 83-95
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] SNS活性化メカニズムの理論分析 (2011)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: 数理社会学会
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-08
• [Presentation] ポイント制度によるSNSの活性化 (2010)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: 日本行動軽量学会
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-23
• [Presentation] ネットワーク外部性があるサービスの普及メカニズム (2010)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: 数理社会学会
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-10
• [Presentation] 電気自動車普及促進のための効率的補助金制度 (2010)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: 数理社会学会
  • Place of Presentation: 立命館大学(衣笠キャンパス)
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-07
• [Presentation] Disparity in Social Capital : From a Time Series Data of Social Networking Service (2009)
  • Author(s): Hideki Fujiyama, Tatsuhiro Shichijo
  • Organizer: Nation, State, and Democratic Governance of the Global Economy and Politics", The Fourth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, La Campanile in Pantin
  • Place of Presentation: フランス、パリ
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-29
• [Presentation] ネットワーク外部性と均等コスト配分 (2009)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: Contract Theory Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 関西学院大学大阪梅田キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-21
• [Presentation] 香港土地販売オークションの理論分析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: 数理社会学会
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-30
• [Presentation] 返金特約付予約券によるネットワーク外部性がある財の販売実験 (2008)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘、赤井研樹, 草川孝夫, 西條辰義
  • Organizer: 数理社会学会
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-16
• [Presentation] An Indirect Evolutionary Approach with Unobservable Preference (2007)
  • Author(s): 七條達弘
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-24
• [Presentation] Designing a mechanism to cope with coordination failure in the goods with network externalities : an experimental study (2007)
  • Author(s): Tatsuhiro SHICHIJO
  • Organizer: Summer Workshop on Economic Theory
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-01