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mechanism of this coordination is valuable for economic thinking and economic theory. However, the implications of the perfect … distinguishable types. This contribution explains absolute market power (single-firm monopoly and dominance), collective market power … original economic theory of contestability defines very strict conditions for perfectly contestable markets, antitrust has …
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Allegations of market power in wholesale electricity sales are typically tested using price-cost margins. Such tests are inherently suspect in markets, such as electricity, subject to capacity constraints. In such markets, prices can vary with demand while quantity and thus cost measures remain...
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surrounding antitrust proceedings revive the academic discussion about the monopoly power of sport-internal governing bodies (like …, we discuss how much monopoly is unavoidable in premier-level European football and how its powers can be limited and …
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relative to A. Hence, absent strong antitrust or intellectual property protections, the A firm can leverage its monopoly into B … substitute for Netscape; in our model, this maximizes Microsoft's joint monopoly profits. Furthermore, Microsoft has no incentive … complementary products, which suggests that a monopoly internet service provider will offer net neutrality.There are other means for …
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this points to online platforms facing sleepless nights since any online platform that tries the quiet life of monopoly …
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likely are entry restrictions, whereas a greater relevance of firms makes a monopoly more probable. The nature of entry …
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This paper studies how competition and vertical structure jointly determine generating capacities, retail prices, and welfare in the electricity industry. Analyzing a model in which demand is uncertain and retailers must commit to retail prices before they buy electricity in the wholesale...
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, it later “tips” to monopoly, after which entry is hard, often even too hard given incompatibility. And while switching …
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The law and economics literature on the tragedy of the anticommons suggests that producers of complementary goods should integrate themselves. Recent decisions by the antitrust authorities seem to indicate that there is tradeoff between the “tragedy” and the lack of competition which might...
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How does a firm’s market power in existing products affect its incentives to innovate? We explore this fundamental question using granular project-level and firm-level data from the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on a particular mechanism through which incumbent firms maintain their market...
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