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Conventional deadweight loss measures of the social cost of monopoly ignore, among other things, the social cost of … method of measuring the social cost of monopoly. Using elements of general equilibrium theory, we propose a social cost … of our approach for antitrust law as well as how our methodology can be used in practice for allegations of monopoly …
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An applied general equilibrium analysis of monopoly power is proposed as an alternative to the partial equilibrium … analyses of monopoly pricing current in antitrust economics. This analysis introduces a new notion of market equilibrium where … firms with monopoly power are cost-minimizing price-takers in competitive factor markets and make supracompetitive profits …
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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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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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Policies to correct market power and selection can be misguided when these forces co-exist. We build a model of symmetric imperfect competition in selection markets that parameterizes the degree of market power and selection. We use graphical price-theoretic reasoning to characterize the...
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Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard tended to emphasize the same requirement for a monopoly price to emerge, as far as … regard to the question of the limits to monopoly pricing. The inelasticity of demand criterion of both authors left less room … for monopoly prices in their theoretical constructs of a hampered market economy than there really is. If one wants to …
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Frank Knight’s theory of monopoly price has received relatively little attention in the literature on Risk, Uncertainty … and Profit. We argue that Knight accepted and refined the monopoly price theory of Carl Menger and his followers. Knight … highlights the difference between monopoly as an inevitable outcome of departures from perfect competition, and monopoly as a …
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This article looks at the commonalities and disparities in the rules against single-firm market abuses in the US and in the EU and their enforcement. Despite they target the same type of business behaviour, the US and the EU have always followed divergent paths. This article will examine...
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entry barriers of the search engine market. The Essay next discusses behavioral exploitation to maintain a monopoly. The …
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