Arbeitspapier

Industry Structure and Pricing over the Business Cycle

We consider the interaction between an incumbent firm and a potential entrant, and examine how this interaction is affected by demand fluctuations. Our model gives rise to procyclical entry, prices, and price-cost margins, although the average price in the market can be countercyclical if the entrant is a first mover, and capacity utilization can be either pro- or countercyclical if the incumbent is a first mover. Moreover, our results show that entry deterrence by the incumbent firm can either amplify or dampen the effect of demand fluctuations on prices, price-cost margins, and capacity utilization.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4848

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Thema
price competition
business cycle
entry
entry deterrence

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Spiegel, Yossi
Stahl, Konrad O.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2014

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Spiegel, Yossi
  • Stahl, Konrad O.
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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