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Table 8 Results from SURE model (dependent variables: NetGainWomen and NetGainMen)

From: Network effects in two-sided markets: why a 50/50 user split is not necessarily revenue optimal

Independent variables

Dependent variable: NetGainWomen

Dependent variable: NetGainMen

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Installed base (total)

 Users

−0.0016396

−0.0443007***

−0.0497915*

−0.0033078

−0.0474156***

−0.0500245*

Platform parameters

 PlatformLifetime

 

−0.0020917

−0.0148538**

 

0.0056722

−0.0051835

 Update1

 

−15.03112***

−16.96543*

 

−16.36608***

−17.36849*

 Update2

 

0.2033772

3.326949*

 

−1.436931***

1.846689

 Update3

 

−2.532174**

−1.657824

 

−3.551705***

−3.006583*

 Update4

 

−1.004848

−0.894958

 

−1.152406

−1.164841

 Update5

 

1.528642

2.69635*

 

0.6789633

1.748814

 Update6

 

−1.40788

0.6638192

 

−1.117906

1.204078

 Update7

 

4.228326***

5.070342***

 

3.115403**

3.005915

 Update8

 

1.447247

2.048838

 

−1.862423

−1.146699

 Update9

 

−1.505206

−0.7951453

 

0.9206287

1.478778

 Update10

 

−1.061267

−2.555395

 

−0.7193835

−2.274187

Seasonal parameters

 TVevent1

  

−4.914585

  

−0.6900263

 TVevent2

  

0.3246244

  

1.640435

 Winter

  

2.176263**

  

2.181358**

 Spring

  

−0.5037326

  

−0.9674439

 Summer

  

−0.2441007

  

−0.2828075

Constant

2.406945

90.62937***

151.0396**

4.975004

65.75831**

113.1174

Number of observations

914

914

914

914

914

914

R 2

0.0012

0.0899

0.1035

0.0041

0.0896

0.1002

  1. Users is the total installed base (i.e., Men + Women) at the end of the previous day
  2. * Significant at the 10 % level
  3. ** Significant at the 5 % level
  4. *** Significant at the 1 % level