(although deterministic) is not restricted to occur at a constant rate and may trigger future entry. It is shown that, typically …, entry occurs later along the collusive path than along the punishment path (since profits are lower in the latter case). The … possibility of delaying entry, therefore, constitutes an additional incentive for deviating just before entry is supposed to occur …

entrants. This paper analyses the theoretical conditions under which a low cost carrier can deter or accommodate entry by means … they can only deter entry if they launch a service with a quality that is superior to the entrant’s and to their own … previous one. Otherwise, they accommodate entry by improving their old product, when they face the entry of a full service …

demonstrate that divide & conquer strategies are present in equilibrium. Finally, we study entry by an inferior-quality platform … and entry by a superior-quality platform to conclude that, in both cases, the entry deterrence strategy can be sustain. We … conclude that, under the presence of inter-group externalities, the entry deterrence strategy occurs when price competition is …