Arbeitspapier

Monopoly Distortions in Durability and Multi-Dimensional Quality

I show that Swan's (1970) independence result requires a multiplicative interaction between durability and all other quality attributes. Because there is no compelling argument for a multiplicativity in quality, monopolists tend to distort durability, even with constant marginal costs. Distortions in durability and other quality aspects are aligned exactly when the marginal cost of quality do not increase too much with durability.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper ; No. 271

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Durability
quality
monopoly

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Strausz, Roland
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY)
(where)
München
(when)
2009

DOI
doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.13281
Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-13281-0
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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Strausz, Roland
  • Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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