Multiproduct cost passthrough: Edgeworth's paradox revisited

Edgeworth's paradox of taxation occurs when an increase in the unit cost of a product causes a multiproduct monopolist to reduce prices. We give simple illustrations of the paradox, we show how it can arise with uniform pricing, and we give an analysis of the case of linear marginal cost and de...

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Main Authors: Armstrong, M, Vickers, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2022