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In a model of vertical product differentiation, duopolistic firms face qualitydependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented markets. Minimum quality standards, set according to the principle of Mutual Recognition, can be used to increase welfare. The results of the one-shot...
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I study the influence of minimum quality standards in a partial-equilibrium model of vertical product differentiation and trade in which duopolistic firms face quality-dependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented markets. Three alternative standard setting arrangements are...
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elektronische Koordination und in verstärkte Produktdifferenzierung in einem Duopol mit räumlich getrennten Märkten. Wir zeigen … duopoly where firms compete in two spatially separated markets. We show that firms always have nonnegative incentives to … Produktdifferenzierung eigentlich erhöhen. Wir analysieren die Interaktion der Investitionsentscheidungen in transportkostensenkende …
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An innovative firm chooses strategically whether to patent its process innovation or rely on secrecy. By doing so, the firm manages its rival's beliefs about the size of the innovation, and affects the incentives in the product market. Different measures of competitive pressure in the product...
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duopoly equilibrium when convex costs of quality provision are either fixed or variable in terms of production. We show that … optimal under variable costs. In the duopoly equilibrium the quality spread is too wide under variable costs, but too narrow … provided by the duopoly equilibrium is too low from the perspective of a social welfare maximizer. …
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In a duopoly industry with environmentally differentiated products, we examine the effects of introducing a mandatory …
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In this paper, I compare two-part tariff competition to linear pricing in a vertically differentiated duopoly …
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In his book on 'Market Microstructure' Spulber presented some strange results with respect to the impact of the substitutability parameter in an intermediation model with differentiated products and inputs. Intuitively, effects in the product and the input market should be similar: if firms...
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This paper examines if international trade can reduce total welfare in an international oligopoly with differentiated … Cournot duopoly trade can reduce welfare compared to autarchy for any degree of product differentiation. Under Bertrand …
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This paper examines if international trade can reduce total welfare in an international oligopoly with differentiated … Cournot duopoly trade can reduce welfare compared to autarchy for any degree of product differentiation. Under Bertrand …
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