Author: Francesco Nava
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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The paper analyzes a durable good monopoly problem in which multiple varieties can be produced and sold. A robust Coase conjecture establishes that the market eventually clears, that profits exceed static optimal market-clearing profits, and that profits converge to this lower bound in all stationary equilibria when prices can be revised instantaneously. In contrast to the one-variety case though, equilibrium pricing is neither efficient nor minimal (that is, equal to the maximum between marginal cost an the minimal value). Conclusions apply even when products can be scrapped albeit at possibly smaller mark-ups. If so, a novel motive for selling high cost products naturally emerges. Moreover, with positive marginal costs, cross-subsidization arises as a result of equilibrium pricing. The online appendix delivers insights on product design.
Differentiated Durable Goods Monopoly
Author: Francesco Nava
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The paper analyzes a durable good monopoly problem in which multiple varieties can be produced and sold. A robust Coase conjecture establishes that the market eventually clears, that profits exceed static optimal market-clearing profits, and that profits converge to this lower bound in all stationary equilibria when prices can be revised instantaneously. In contrast to the one-variety case though, equilibrium pricing is neither efficient nor minimal (that is, equal to the maximum between marginal cost an the minimal value). Conclusions apply even when products can be scrapped albeit at possibly smaller mark-ups. If so, a novel motive for selling high cost products naturally emerges. Moreover, with positive marginal costs, cross-subsidization arises as a result of equilibrium pricing. The online appendix delivers insights on product design.
Publisher:
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The paper analyzes a durable good monopoly problem in which multiple varieties can be produced and sold. A robust Coase conjecture establishes that the market eventually clears, that profits exceed static optimal market-clearing profits, and that profits converge to this lower bound in all stationary equilibria when prices can be revised instantaneously. In contrast to the one-variety case though, equilibrium pricing is neither efficient nor minimal (that is, equal to the maximum between marginal cost an the minimal value). Conclusions apply even when products can be scrapped albeit at possibly smaller mark-ups. If so, a novel motive for selling high cost products naturally emerges. Moreover, with positive marginal costs, cross-subsidization arises as a result of equilibrium pricing. The online appendix delivers insights on product design.
Strategic Vertical Differentiation and Durable Goods Monopoly
Author: Lisa N. Takeyama
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This paper considers a novel and strategic use of quality as a means for solving the durable-goods time inconsistency problem. It demonstrates how durable-goods producers can exploit the cannibalization of high-quality markets by low-quality goods. Relative to the static product line solution, this strategic dimension of quality choice implies higher quality levels of low-end goods and the production of some low-end products that would not otherwise be produced. In some cases, low-end goods may rationally be sold below cost. The paper, therefore, offers a purely Coasian explanation for vertical product differentiation.
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This paper considers a novel and strategic use of quality as a means for solving the durable-goods time inconsistency problem. It demonstrates how durable-goods producers can exploit the cannibalization of high-quality markets by low-quality goods. Relative to the static product line solution, this strategic dimension of quality choice implies higher quality levels of low-end goods and the production of some low-end products that would not otherwise be produced. In some cases, low-end goods may rationally be sold below cost. The paper, therefore, offers a purely Coasian explanation for vertical product differentiation.
Durable Goods Monopoly and Futures Markets
Author: Ronald W. Anderson
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Durable Goods Monopoly with Entry of New Consumers
Durable Goods Monopoly with Uninformed Consumers
Author: Joseph Emmett Harrington
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Durable Goods Monopoly with Uninformed Consumers
Author: Joseph Emmett Harrington
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Durable goods monopoly, learning by doing and coase conjecture
Durable Goods Monopoly with a Finite But Uncertain Number of Consumers
Author: David W. Majerus
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Category : Durable goods, Consumer
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Reputation in Bargaining and Durable Goods Monopoly
Author: Stanford University. Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences
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Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Languages : en
Pages : 61
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