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General equilibrium models of oligopolistic competition give rise to relative prices only without determining the price level. It is well known that the choice of a numeraire or, more generally, of a normalization rule converting relative prices into absolute prices entails drastic consequences...
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This paper models a generalized form of monopolistic competition such that consumers are differentiated horizontally by taste while firms are differentiated vertically by quality location. Consumers have quadratic transportation costs of disutility from consuming a non-ideal brand, and firms are...
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This article provides a simple account of the effect of quality competition on the extent of sequential entry accommodation for a differentiated oligopoly market characterized by locational differentiation. The model is solved with consumers seeking a “love for quality” surplus utility while...
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This paper compares the models of Arrow and Debreu [1954] and Sraffa [1960], and concludes that (1) the models are informationally distinct conceptions of a capitalist economy, (2) they support radically distinct - though complete and entirely correct - theories of value, (3) the prices in the...
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