Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Motivation
Key questions
or is the "blitzscaling" buzz justified?
Literature
Output model
Uber napkin diagram
Prices and buyer/seller surplus
Growth model
The platform
Market size and balance reformulation
Faster growth vs. slower growth
Infinite horizon problem (reformulated)
Examples of growth path constraints X
Optimal balance
Driving forces
Increasing returns to scale market
Stationary solution
Optimal growth policy
Optimal policy increasing returns (a 1)
Optimal policy decreasing returns (a 1)
Numerical example (a 1)
Matching function
Summary
Work-in-progress: Oligopoly growth
Taught by
Simons Institute