Alternative Forms of Buyer Power in a Vertical Duopoly: Implications for profits and consumer welfare
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buyer power; bertrand duopoly; vertical contracts; nash bargaining; vertical integration. jel codes: d43; l13; l22;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2022-08-22 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-CTA-2022-08-22 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-GTH-2022-08-22 (Game Theory)
- NEP-IND-2022-08-22 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2022-08-22 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-REG-2022-08-22 (Regulation)
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