Extending Monopoly Power under Joint Production: A Case Study of the Red Cross and the Blood Centers of America

Lybecker Kristina M. and Robert Lemke ()

Journal of Industrial Organization Education, 2007, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: This article provides a case study on joint production technologies in the market for blood products. The discussion and analysis are motivated by a patent for a plasma-scrubbing technology, acquired solely by the Red Cross. This example of joint production is used to illustrate questions surrounding the leveraging of monopoly power. Specifically, could the Red Cross utilize its monopoly over one jointly produced good (scrubbed plasma) to extend market power to a non-monopolized good (red blood cells) when competing with the Blood Centers of America? The case considers the potential for a dual monopoly (by the Red Cross in both markets), limit pricing on the part of the Red Cross in the market for red blood cells, and a shared market in which the Red Cross is a monopoly in the market for plasma but competes with the Blood Centers of America in the market for red blood cells.

Keywords: joint production; patents; limit pricing; monopoly power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.2202/1935-5041.1016

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