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We compare a Bertrand with a Cournot duopoly in a setting where production is polluting and exploits natural resources, and firms bear convex production costs. We adopt Dastidar's (1995) approach, yielding a continuum of Bertrand-Nash equilibria ranging above marginal cost pricing also, to show...
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A usual assumption in the theory of collusion is that cartels are all-inclusive. In contrast, most real-world collusive agreements do not include all firms that are active in the relevant industry. This paper studies both theoretically and experimentally the formation and behavior of partial...
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policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each …
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We present a model with firms selling (homogeneous) products in two imperfectly segmented markets (a "high-demand" and …
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breakdowns with the three years afterwards. Second, for the subset of horizontal mergers, merger activity is found to increase … should consider mergers as potential ‘second-best’ alternative to cartels but also imply that resource (re)allocations in …
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estimates to evaluate the effects of hospital mergers. We find that MCO bargaining restrains hospital prices significantly. The …
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estimates to evaluate the effects of hospital mergers. We find that MCO bargaining restrains hospital prices significantly. The …
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We customize the aggregative game approach to oligopoly to study asymmetric media markets. Advertiser, platform, and consumer surplus are tied together by a simple summary statistic. When media are ad-financed and ads are a nuisance to consumers we establish see-saws between consumers and...
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. That includes mergers that are known to be unprofitable in the corresponding static equilibrium framework. …
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This paper examines capacity-constrained oligopoly pricing with sellers who seek myopic improvements. We employ the Myopic Stable Set solution concept and establish the existence of a unique pure-strategy price solution for any given level of capacity. This solution is shown to coincide with the...
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