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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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independently of the assumed strategic variable in market competition (price vs. quantity): (a) insiders benefit; (b) outsiders are … to the (unobservable) mode of product market competition …
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providing a high flight frequency. Such benefits can damage seriously the effectiveness of competition as long as the …
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It is a widely adopted practice for firms to announce new products well in advance of actual market availability. The incentives for pre-announcements are stronger in markets with network effects because they can be used to induce the delay of consumers' purchases and forestall the build-up of...
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To study the coexistence of two different ownership forms within an industry, I develop a simple model of competition …
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support. By bundling, the A-monopolist provides previously non-existent competition with the B-monopolist in the latter … barrier because competition reduces profits. Were bundling harmful, the per se proscription against market allocation should …
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This article examines the use of switching costs by long-lived strategic buyers to manage dynamic competition between …
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in consolidation has led to concern about competition in local markets for hospital services. We examine the effect of … market structure on competition in local hospital markets specifically, does the hardness of competition increase with the …
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number of selected firms, entry is endogenous. As increasing competition in the market reduces competition for the market …
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makes some intra-firm price competition optimal, explaining why many multi-product firms allow for competition between … divisions. When there are effort spillovers, the optimal amount of price competition can be as great as when the products are … under separate ownership. Even with some profit-sharing, intra-firm price competition can reduce quality-adjusted price …
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