Distributive and Regional Effects of Monopoly Power

Carlos Urzúa

No 2009-04, EGAP Working Papers from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México

Abstract: This paper estimates the distributive and regional effects of firms with market power in the case of Mexico. It presents evidence that the welfare losses due to the exercise of monopoly power are not only significant, but also regressive. Moreover, the losses are different for the urban and rural sectors, as well as for each of the states of Mexico, being the inhabitants of the poorest ones the most affected by firms with market power.

Keywords: monopoly; Cournot oligopoly; distributive effects; regional effects; income distribution; goods markets; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 L10 L40 L66 O14 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-geo, nep-ind and nep-ure
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Published in Economía Mexicana, 2013, vol. 22, pp. 279-295.

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