Oligopolistic Competition with Scaling of Characteristics

Robert E. Kuenne
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Robert E. Kuenne: Princeton University

Chapter 10 in Price and Nonprice Rivalry in Oligopoly, 1998, pp 266-297 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Chapters 8 and 9 we have assumed that quality characteristics were cardinally measurable and, therefore, capable of immediate incorporation as variables in analytical and simulation analysis. Now we must deal with the difficult task of “scalin” characteristics which are qualities that are not at the present time directly “measurable” in the meaning of Chapter 1 or with attributes which can be measured only in a nominal 0–1 manner. The procedure in this chapter moves from scaling at the product or brand level to study competition without tacit collusion to price-nonprice competition in a collusive context, and from general functional forms in closed analysis to specific forms in simulation runs.

Keywords: Demand Function; Product Space; Price Differential; Social Surplus; Basic Demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-50371-7_10

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