Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis

This paper attempts to empirically test the sensitivity of the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) approach to the assumed demand and cost functional forms. Such an approach relies upon oligopolistic models to infer the degree of competition in a market. Unlike prior studies (Genesove and M...

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Main Authors: David Bouras, Troy Frank, Eric Burgess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/32006/353610?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturk
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description This paper attempts to empirically test the sensitivity of the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) approach to the assumed demand and cost functional forms. Such an approach relies upon oligopolistic models to infer the degree of competition in a market. Unlike prior studies (Genesove and Mullin, 1998; Clay and Troesken, 2004), this paper focuses on the effect of the assumed cost function on the assessment of market power. Using data from the US catfish industry, the empirical results reveal that the NEIO approach is fairly robust to the assumed demand and cost functional forms.
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spelling doaj.art-8d72a3ef4c904cf68d513f493c6b65762023-02-15T16:07:58ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382017-12-01746456491032Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical AnalysisDavid BourasTroy FrankEric BurgessThis paper attempts to empirically test the sensitivity of the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) approach to the assumed demand and cost functional forms. Such an approach relies upon oligopolistic models to infer the degree of competition in a market. Unlike prior studies (Genesove and Mullin, 1998; Clay and Troesken, 2004), this paper focuses on the effect of the assumed cost function on the assessment of market power. Using data from the US catfish industry, the empirical results reveal that the NEIO approach is fairly robust to the assumed demand and cost functional forms.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/32006/353610?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturkdemand cost neio market power.
spellingShingle David Bouras
Troy Frank
Eric Burgess
Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis
International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
demand
cost
neio
market power.
title Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis
title_full Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis
title_fullStr Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis
title_short Functional Forms and Oligopolistic Models: An Empirical Analysis
title_sort functional forms and oligopolistic models an empirical analysis
topic demand
cost
neio
market power.
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