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The entry incentives of complementary producers: A simple model with implications for antitrust policy

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  • Lleras, Juan S.
  • Miller, Nathan H.

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We model competition between two firms in an upstream-downstream relationship. Each firm can pay a sunk cost to enter the other's market. We show that coordination (e.g., through merger) can be anticompetitive, and that such coordination can arise in equilibrium.

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  • Lleras, Juan S. & Miller, Nathan H., 2011. "The entry incentives of complementary producers: A simple model with implications for antitrust policy," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 110(2), pages 147-150, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:110:y:2011:i:2:p:147-150
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