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chicken-and-egg problem: a standalone construct

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chicken-and-eggproblem1 CONSTRUCTChicken-and-egg problemCAILLAUD · ECONOMICS

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a two-sided platform's difficulty in attracting one side of users before it has attracted the other side.

In economics, chicken-and-egg problem refers to a two-sided platform's difficulty in attracting one side of users before it has attracted the other side. This meaning comes from Caillaud (2003) in The RAND Journal of Economics.[1]

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  1. Caillaud, B., & Jullien, B. (2003). Chicken & Egg: Competition among Intermediation Service Providers. The RAND Journal of Economics, 34(2), 309. https://doi.org/10.2307/1593720

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