2012
Competitive prices as optimal cartel prices
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Publication
Economics Letters , Volume 114 - Issue 1 p. 39- 42
In a linear oligopoly model with antitrust enforcement, the optimal cartel price converges to the competitive equilibrium price. The set of sustainable cartel prices does not shrink to the competitive price. We identify necessary conditions for this counter-intuitive convergence result.
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| doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.021, hdl.handle.net/1765/34762 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus School of Economics |
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Houba, H., Motchenkova, E., & Wen, Q. L. (2012). Competitive prices as optimal cartel prices. Economics Letters, 114(1), 39–42. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.021 |
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