Entry in Collusive Markets: An Experimental Study
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Keywords
Collusion; Entry; Experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2009-04-25 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EXP-2009-04-25 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IND-2009-04-25 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2009-04-25 (Microeconomics)
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