Enhancing market power by reducing switching costs

Jan Bouckaert, Hans Degryse and Thomas Provoost

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 109, issue 2, 131-133

Abstract: A proportional decrease in switching costs increases competition and social welfare. However, a lump-sum decrease in switching costs softens competition and does not invariably increase social welfare.

Keywords: Price; competition; Switching; costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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