ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE ARGUMENT THAT PRICE-MATCHING IS ANTI-COMPETITIVE

被引：35

作者：

CORTS, KS

机构：

[1] Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 1995年 / 47卷 / 3-4期

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D O I：

10.1016/0165-1765(94)00565-J

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The existing literature suggests that price-matching leads to monopoly prices. I show that this argument relies on an arbitrary and unrealistic restriction of the firms' strategies. In particular, if firms may adopt price-beating policies the competitive outcome prevails.

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页码：417 / 421

页数：5