Welfare-increasing monopolization
The conditions for monopolization to be good for social welfare are examined. Social welfare can be higher when a monopoly sells to a monopoly, with double margins, than when a competitive industry sells to a downstream Cournot oligopoly with differing efficiency levels. This requires inverse demand...
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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oxford
2023
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