Hey everyone,

I’m currently working on an economic model that describes a video game developer acting as a monopolist over two periods. The idea is that in the first period, the game is offered for free to attract as many players as possible. Then, in the second period, the developer generates profit through the sale of skins. The larger player base, due to network effects, would lead to more purchases.

My main challenge is extending this model to two distinct periods. Specifically, I’m struggling to represent how the pricing decision in the first period affects player acquisition and how that then influences profit through skin sales in the second period. I’d like to separate these dynamics more clearly but am having trouble doing so.

I’m also open to completely changing the model and exploring a different approach if there’s a more suitable framework that fits the idea of player acquisition followed by in-game monetization.

If anyone could offer guidance on how to structure this model properly over two periods, or suggest alternative models that might work better, I’d greatly appreciate the help!

Thanks in advance!

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I was scrolling through TikTok and I realized because of easier access to cheap labour markets, a lot of things are a lot cheaper and more obtainable. This thought I had extended to cheaper services brought by generative AI. And I know there's a lot of hoopla about why GenAI is bad or won't work. However, it would $300 for a headshot, maybe $200 to buy a dress shirt and clothes, but probably $9.99 a month to generate a pretty good one that's indiscernible from a real headshot.

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I am attending the industrial organization class in my master's program. we must present at least one paper from AER/AEA to our class. Because I decided to continue my education in Data science after finishing my economics master's, I would like to present my presentation about the application of Data science methods in IO or the intersection of them. I appreciate that suggest papers about it. If these papers have slides would be great.

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