We analyze firms' entry, production and hedging decisions under imperfect competition. We consider an oligopoly … industry producing a homogeneous output in which risk-averse firms face an entry cost upon entering the industry, and then … literature (without entry), both production and output price depend on uncertainty and risk aversion. Specifically, when entry is …

clauses limit the incentives to face-to-face competition and determine segmentation and monopoly pricing even when entry of … new competitors occurs. The development of wholesale trade, instead, may induce generalized entry and retail competition …

, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for … designed to stimulate rather than hindering new entry. …

In industries with network effects, incumbents' installed bases create barriers to entry that discourage entrepreneurs … from developing new innovations. Yet, entry is not the only commercialization route for entrepreneurs. We show that the … not necessarily restrict the innovation incentives and that network effects promote acquisitions over entry. …

This paper estimates an entry model to study the effect of exclusive dealing between Anheuser Busch and its … distributors on rival brewers' entry decisions and consumer surplus. The entry model accounts for post-entry demand conditions and …' entry decisions. I find that a brewer has higher fixed costs at locations where Anheuser Busch employ exclusive distributors …