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We run a market experiment where firms can choose not only their price but also whether to present comparable offers. They are faced with artificial demand from consumers who make mistakes when assessing the net value of products on the market. If some offers are comparable however, some...
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the context of a workhorse oligopoly model of price competition with Logit demand and constant marginal costs. We show …
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This paper develops a model of successive oligopolies with endogenous market entry, allowing for varying degrees of product differentiation and entry costs in both markets. Our analysis shows that the downstream conditions dominate the overall profitability of the two-tier structure while the...
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In this paper, we tackle the dilemma of pruning versus proliferation in a vertically differentiated oligopoly under the …
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dimension of the fringe such that collusion is a Nash equilibrium of the static game …
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dimension of the fringe such that collusion is a Nash equilibrium of the static game …
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as not all consumers are (always) served. We then lend our model to analyze collusion. We find that for any number of … collusion and merely consumer rents are transferred, or both welfare and consumer rents are reduced. An all-inclusive cartel …
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impede downstream collusion. The main driver of our finding is that a passive backward acquisition secures an acquirer from … zero continuation profits after a breakdown of collusion. This anti-collusive effect cannot be outweighed by a lower …
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This paper investigates the collusive and competitive effects of algorithmic price recommendations on market outcomes. These recommendations are often non-binding and common in many markets, especially on online platforms. We develop a theoretical framework and derive two algorithms that...
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In the presence of network externalities, we compare the stability of collusion under Bertrand and Cournot duopoly with … competition than under Cournot competition in the sense of wide range of network externalities; (ii) collusion in prices …
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