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Recycling Redux: A Nash–Cournot Approach

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  • Gérard Gaudet
  • Ngo Van Long

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We consider an industry characterized by simultaneous competition between the producer of a primary good, and N recylers who are Cournot rivals. Two important factors influence the effect of recycling on the equilibrium outcome and on the primary producer's market power: the structure of production costs, and the time lag between primary production and recycling. The presence of the recycling sector may increase the market power of the primary producer, as conventionally measured by the Lerner index. Some of the results raise doubts about the appropriateness of the Lerner measure of market power in certain contexts.

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  • Gérard Gaudet & Ngo Van Long, 2003. "Recycling Redux: A Nash–Cournot Approach," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 54(4), pages 409-419, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecrev:v:54:y:2003:i:4:p:409-419
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5876.t01-1-00067
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    1. Gaudet & G. & Van Long, N., 1999. "Noncompetitive Recycling and Market Power," Cahiers de recherche 9910, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
    2. Jean Tirole, 1988. "The Theory of Industrial Organization," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262200716, April.
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