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-horizon, discrete-time game. Our goal is to identify the Markov perfect stationary equilibria where the seller can maintain his monopoly … power. We establish that the set of parameters supporting a monopoly outcome is larger when the seller offers different …
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devised to overcome difficulties in acquiring and maintaining monopoly power and the legal implications of these strategies …
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This article captures the effects of secondary markets on the durable goods with game theory technology. Firstly, under … monopoly in production, secondary markets both improve the producer's profits and extend the market size. Secondly, to improve …
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This paper studies the price-setting problem of a monopoly that in each time period has the option of failing to … deliver its good after receiving payment. The monopoly may be induced to deliver the good if consumers expect that the … monopoly will not deliver in the future if it does not deliver today. If the good is non-durable and consumers are anonymous …
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I show that Swan's (1970) independence result requires a multiplicative interaction between durability and all other quality attributes. Because there is no compelling argument for a multiplicativity in quality, monopolists tend to distort durability, even with constant marginal costs....
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Economic theory suggests that monopoly prices hurt consumers but benefit shareholders. But in a world where individuals …
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Economic theory suggests that monopoly prices hurt consumers but benefit shareholders. But in a world where individuals …
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mechanism of this coordination is valuable for economic thinking and economic theory. However, the implications of the perfect … distinguishable types. This contribution explains absolute market power (single-firm monopoly and dominance), collective market power … original economic theory of contestability defines very strict conditions for perfectly contestable markets, antitrust has …
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This paper develops a theory of oligopoly and markups in general equilibrium. Firms compete in a network of product …
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