We develop a stylized model of a Schumpeterian industry, characterized by cumulative innovation and a succession of incumbent monopolists, to address issues in competition policy toward abuse of dominance. Incumbents' R&D investments increase future social surplus flows as well as the...

We model competition between two firms in a vertical upstream-downstream relationship. Each firm can pay a sunk cost to enter the other's market. For equilibria in which both firms enter, the downstream price can be lower than the joint profit maximizing level, and coordination (e.g., through...