We study a two-period model of a duopoly with goods differentiated by quality. The periods’ length corresponds to the goods’ useful lifespan, and consumers are heterogeneous in their valuation of quality. In the second period, the regulator fixes a minimum quality standard based either on...

Abstract We consider a case in which two competing suppliers of hardware devices and content each chooses whether to make its content compatible with the other’s device. Our main result is that the outcome of these choices depends upon whether the firms’ major source of profit lies in the...

We consider the optimal stopping of a linear diffusion in a problem subject to both a cumulative term measuring the expected cumulative present value of a continuous and potentially state-dependent profit flow and an instantaneous payoff measuring the salvage or terminal value received at the...

We consider the optimal stopping of a linear diffusion in a problem subject to both a cumulative term measuring the expected cumulative present value of a continuous and potentially state-dependent profit flow and an instantaneous payoff measuring the salvage or terminal value received at the...