A comment on market structure and the durability of goods

Larry Karp and Thomas F. Cosimano

No 6094, CUDARE Working Papers from University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Abstract: This paper considers the effect of market structure on the durability of goods. A previous model is analyzed to provide conditions under which a monopolist provides less durable goods and a lower present value of services than the social optimum.

Keywords: Industrial; Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6094

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