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Multiple rounds in a chain store game

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  • Michael Melles

    (Helvetia Insurances)

  • Rainer Nitsche

    (E.CA Economics and European School of Management and Technology)

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In textbook models of reputation, a number of entry games are played sequentially. A multimarket incumbent—the chain store—deters entry of “early” small entrants with a threat of predation. In the last markets of the game, entry occurs stochastically. We show that this stochastic entry is due to a restrictive assumption and vanishes if entrants that initially decided to stay out are allowed to reconsider their decision following entry elsewhere.

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  • Michael Melles & Rainer Nitsche, 2016. "Multiple rounds in a chain store game," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 81(4), pages 571-579, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:theord:v:81:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s11238-016-9551-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11238-016-9551-2
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    Keywords

    Multimarket Firms; Entry; Predation; Reputation;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices

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