Market Power of the Input Supplier, Technology Transfer and Consumer Welfare

Jiyun Cao and Arijit Mukherjee

No 5093, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: It is believed that market power of the input supplier, charging a linear price, is detrimental for the consumers since it creates the double marginalisation problem. We show that this view may not be true if the final goods producers can adopt strategies to reduce rent extraction by the input supplier. Market power of the input supplier may encourage a final goods producer either to license its technology to a competitor or to adopt a less distortionary technology licensing contract. Both these effects may create higher consumer welfare under market power of the input supplier compared to a competitive input market.

Keywords: consumer surplus; labour union; technology licensing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 L12 L13 L24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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