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Versioning goods and joint purchases with network externality

Dou, Jiangli; Ye, Bing - In: Prague economic papers : a bimonthly journal of … 28 (2019) 4, pp. 433-448

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To acquire, or to compete?An entry dilemma

Gabszewicz, Jean Jaskold; Laussel, Didier; Tarola, Ornella - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics … - 2008

In this paper we address the following question: is it more profitable, for an entrant in a differentiatedmarket, to acquire an existing firm than to compete? We illustrate the answer by considering competition inthe banking sector.....

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Compatibility choice in vertically differentiated technologies

Garcia, Filomena; Vergari, Cecilia - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics … - 2008

price competition as well as thecompatibility choice. The final degree of compatibility allows firms to manipulate the …

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Union structure and product quality differentiation

Meccheri, Nicola; Vergari, Cecilia - 2024

This paper investigates the issue of how alternative unionization structures in labour markets affect the choice of product quality differentiation by firms in product markets, and how this determines relative welfare outcomes of different union structures. In the presence of decentralized wage...

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VERTICAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION, MINIMUM QUALITYSTANDARDS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Petropoulou, Dimitra - 10049416-X 10049416-X University <Oxford> / Department … - 2007

segmented countries, where firms compete inquality and price. The framework is used to analyse governments’ incentives …

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The effects of rebate contracts on the health care system

Graf, Julia - 2012

Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) increasingly gain in importance with respect to the supply of pharmaceutical products and frequently use multiple or exclusive rebate contracts to exercise market power. Based on a Hotelling model of horizontal and vertical product differentiation, we...

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Specialized advertising and price competition in vertically differentiated markets

Esteban, Lola; Hernández, José M. - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 2 (2011) 2, pp. 255-282

which incorporates some features of a monopoly, thus changing the pattern of price competition between the firms. In … increase in prices is more intense in highly competitive (low differentiated) markets, (3) the expected price of the low … expected price than the high-quality product. We also show that a progressive growth of specialized advertising vehicles leads …

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Can price discrimination lead to product differentiation? A vertical differentiation model

Herweg, Fabian - 2007

In this paper, I compare two-part tariff competition to linear pricing in a vertically differentiated duopoly. Consumers have identical tastes for quality but differ in their preferences for quantity. The main finding is that quality differentiation occurs in equilibrium if and only if two-part...

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Quality improvement to meet competitive fringe

Matsushima, Noriaki; Liu, Ren-Jye - 2012

activities. We examine two types of competitive pressure: a price decrease in competitive fringe firms and a quality improvement … exogenous price of competitive firms induces the two existent leading firms (one high-quality firm and one mid-quality firm) to …

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Vertical Product Differentiation, Market Entry, and Welfare

Reisinger, Markus - 2004

This paper analyses a model of vertical product differentiation with one incumbent and one entrant firm. It is shown that if firms can produce only one quality level welfare in this entry game can be lower than in monopoly. This is the case if qualities are strategic complements because the...

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