Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents From Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s

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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents From Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s

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Bresnahan, T.F.
Stern, S.
Trajtenberg, M.

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This paper evaluates the sources of transitory market power in the market for personal computer (PCs) during the late 1980s. Our analysis is motivated by the coexistence of low barriers to entry into the PC industry and high rates of innovative investment by a small number of PC manufacturers.

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Paper provided by Tel Aviv in its series Papers with number 25-96.

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Date of creation: 1996
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- Timothy F. Bresnahan & Scott Stern & Manuel Trajtenberg, 1995. "Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s," Working Papers 95001, Stanford University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
- Timothy F. Bresnahan & Scott Stern & Manuel Trajtenberg, 1996. "Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980's," NBER Working Papers 5726, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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