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Price Competition and Market Structure: The Impact of Cartel Policy on Concentration in the UK

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This paper examines the impact of firms’ conduct on market structure. It studies the evolution of concentration in UK manufacturing following the abolition of cartels using a theoretical framework based on Sutton’s theory of market structure and a panel data set of four‐digit industries over 1958–1977. The econometric results suggest that the intensity of price competition has a positive effect on concentration in exogenous sunk cost industries as well as in advertising‐intensive and R&D‐intensive industries. The concentration‐market size relationship, while negative in exogenous sunk cost industries, breaks down in industries with high advertising or R&D intensity.

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  • George Symeonidis, 2000. "Price Competition and Market Structure: The Impact of Cartel Policy on Concentration in the UK," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(1), pages 1-26, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jindec:v:48:y:2000:i:1:p:1-26
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00110
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