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economists’ trust in competition busted: Oligopolies carry the seeds of collusion. To develop, collusion needs trust between …Our trust in competition policy is based on faith in markets. When markets are oligopolies, already classical …
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oligopolies with two, three, four, and five firms in a unified frame. With two firms we find some collusion. Three …-firm oligopolies tend to produce outputs at the Nash level. Markets with four or five firms are never collusive and typically settle at …
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economy where oligopolistic firms establish in-house R&D programs to produce a continuous flow of cost-reducing (incremental) innovations. The scale of firms' R&D operations determines the rate of productivity growth. I first study the role of concentration, firm size, and demand,...
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Mergers and acquisitions shape industry competition. Effective merger remedies are important for market efficiency and consumer welfare. This paper explores the need for more flexible remedies to address changing markets after mergers. While the EU permits some flexibility with less restrictive...
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oligopolies with two, three, four, and five firms in a unified frame. With two firms we find some collusion. Three …-firm oligopolies tend to produce outputs at the Nash level. Markets with four or five firms are never collusive and typically settle at …
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This paper provides a novel rationale for the regulation of market size when heterogeneous firms compete. A regulator seeks to maximize total welfare by choosing the number of firms allowed to enter the market, e.g. by issuing a certain number of licenses. Opening up the market for more firms...
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