SWITCHING COSTS AND THE FOREIGN FIRM'S ENTRY

Toru Kikuchi ()

Manchester School, 2009, vol. 77, issue 3, pages 366-372

Abstract: In this paper we consider a two-period model of market entry with homogeneous products and switching costs. It is shown that the pro-competitive effect of a foreign firm's entry (i.e. unilateral trade liberalization) emerges before the entry. Also, conditions that are conducive to a competitive environment in the second period are shown to yield a less competitive outcome in the first period. That is, when the marginal cost of the foreign entrant is relatively low, the first-period output of a domestic monopolist is relatively low as well. Copyright © 2009 The Author. Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and The University of Manchester.

Date: 2009

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