Differentiated Entry or "Me-Too" Entry in Bertrand and Cournot Oligopoly [0.03%]
贝特兰德和古诺寡头垄断下的差异化进入与“我也是”进入策略
James A Brander,Barbara J Spencer
James A Brander
When would an oligopolistic entrant imitate an incumbent's product ("me-too" entry), rather than horizontally differentiate? We allow an entrant's product choice to vary endogenously with the cost of product differentiation. Such endogenity...
Julie Bon,San Sau Fung,Alan Reilly et al.
Julie Bon et al.
We discuss three important projects that economists at the Competition and Markets Authority have completed over the past year. First, our work on the Funerals Market Investigation provides an illustration of how demand-side problems can le...
Apostolos Baltzopoulos,Liliane Karlinger,Dimitrios Magos et al.
Apostolos Baltzopoulos et al.
The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist's te...
Economics at the FCC 2020-21: Closing the Connectivity Gap, COVID-19 and Telehealth, Spectrum Auctions, Communications Marketplace Report, and Economic Research [0.03%]
FCC 2020-21的经济学：缩小连接差距，COVID-19与远程医疗，频谱拍卖，通信市场报告和经济研究
Allison Baker,Patrick Brogan,Patrick DeGraba et al.
Allison Baker et al.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is responsible for regulation in the communications marketplace and for management of the nation's non-federal radio frequency spectrum. During the past year, FCC economists assisted in the develop...
Lawrence J White
Lawrence J White
Location-Price Equilibria when Traditional Retailers Compete Against an Online Retailer [0.03%]
传统零售商与在线零售商竞争下的区位价格均衡问题研究
Stefano Colombo,Zemin Hou
Stefano Colombo
We consider a location-then-price game where two traditional retailers compete with a location-irrelevant online retailer. We characterize the existing equilibria, and we show that in any possible equilibrium there is direct competition bet...
Tommaso Valletti,Hans Zenger
Tommaso Valletti
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 2010 U.S. Horizontal Merger Guidelines, this article provides an overview of the state of economic analysis of unilateral effects in mergers with differentiated products. Drawing on our experie...
Steven C Salop,Fiona Scott Morton
Steven C Salop
In this article, which is part of the Symposium on the Tenth Anniversary of the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines, we suggest a number of improvements that should be considered in the next revision of the Guidelines. Our analysis is based o...
Liliane Karlinger,Dimitrios Magos,Pierre Régibeau et al.
Liliane Karlinger et al.
The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist's te...
Economics at the FCC 2019-2020: Spectrum Policy, Universal Service, Inmate Calling Services, and Telehealth [0.03%]
经济学视角下的联邦通信委员会（2019—2020）：频谱政策、普遍服务、囚犯通话服务和远程医疗政策
Allison Baker,Patrick Brogan,Octavian Carare et al.
Allison Baker et al.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is responsible for regulation in the communications marketplace and for management of the nation's non-federal radio frequency spectrum. During the past year, FCC economists helped develop efficien...