Aggregative Oligopoly Games with Entry

Simon P. Anderson, Nisvan Erkal and
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Simon Anderson and Nisvan Erkal

No 1175, Department of Economics - Working Papers Series from The University of Melbourne

Abstract: We use cumulative reaction functions to compare long-run market structures in aggregative oligopoly games. We first compile an IO toolkit for aggregative games. We show strong neutrality properties across market structures. The aggregator stays the same, despite changes in the number of ?rooms and their actions. The IIA property of demands (CES and logit) implies that consumer surplus depends on the aggregator alone, and that the Bertrand pricing game is aggregative. We link together the following results: merging parties? pro?ts fall but consumer surplus is unchanged, Stackelberg leadership raises welfare, monopolistic competition is the market structure with the highest surplus.

Keywords: Aggregative games; oligopoly theory; entry; strategic substitutes and (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2009, Revised 2013
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-ger, nep-gth, nep-hpe, nep-ind and nep-mic
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