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When a durable good of uncertain quality is introduced to the market, some consumers strategically delay their buying to the next period with the hope of learning the unknown quality. We analyze the monopolist's pricing and waiting strategies when consumers have strategic delay incentives. We...
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We analyze monopoly power in a market for a complementary fossil resource like oil in a two country/two period model …
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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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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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market power is a cornerstone of competition law regimes worldwide. Yet notwithstanding the social costs of monopoly modern …." Importantly, anticompetitive conduct can take place both on the road to monopoly and, later on, once substantial market power has …
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We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find …, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to … consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or human players. In monopoly markets, a monopolist bears a large share …
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This article examines the economic consequences of collusion in both the output market and one of the input markets. We examine the results of sequential collusion, which leads to complications and inconsistencies in measuring antitrust damages. We also examine simultaneous collusion in both the...
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The purpose of this paper is to outline a consistent microeconomic theory of the firm based on the concept of monopoly … power. It builds on the heritage of Post Keynesian authors, Robinson, Kaldor, and Kalecki, but literally extends the theory … in several directions. First, monopoly power is defined formally in terms of substitution. In this way, monopoly power is …
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devised to overcome difficulties in acquiring and maintaining monopoly power and the legal implications of these strategies …
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This paper studies macroeconomic consequences of oil price shocks caused by innovations in the monopoly power in the … oil market. Monopoly power is interpreted as oil producers' ability to charge a markup over marginal costs. We propose a …' monopoly power rises. A general equilibrium model suggests that higher monopoly profits attract investments in oil producing …
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