Concorrenza di prezzo, essenzialita` ed esternalita` di rete in presenza di beni complementari: nuove soluzioni alla 'Tragedia degli Anticommons'

Matteo Alvisi ()
Additional contact information
Matteo Alvisi: Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Universita' degli Studi di Bologna

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2008, vol. 116, issue 3, 341-364

Abstract: The presence of multiple sellers in the provision of (non-substitutable) complementary goods leads to outcomes that are worse than those generated by an integrated monopoly, a problem also known as the «tragedy of the anticommons». In this paper we identify some conditions under which the tragedy is resolved and under which a complementary oligopoly is preferable to a multiproduct monopoly. First, we introduce several substitutes for each complement and determine their minimum number for the result to hold. Second, we study asymmetric complementarity and the presence of essential goods, stressing the role of the degree of differentiation across substitutes for the persistence of the «double mark-up» problem. Third, we verify whether the inefficiency result holds in dynamic terms, discussing the adoption of new technological standards in complementary oligopolies. The focus will be on indirect network externalities, checking under which conditions an inefficient standard emerges or the market becomes «locked in» in an old standard

Keywords: Complementary Goods; Essential Goods; Oligopoly; Antitrust; Competition; Anticommons; Compatibility; Technological Standard; Network Externalities. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 D62 K21 L13 L15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://riss.vitaepensiero.it/scheda-articolo_digit ... 003_0072-150916.html (text/html)
Yes

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vep:journl:y:2008:v:116:i:3:p:341-364

Access Statistics for this article

Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali is currently edited by Maurizio Baussola

More articles in Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali from Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vep - Vita e Pensiero ().