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
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4848
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- Thema
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price competition
business cycle
entry
entry deterrence
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Spiegel, Yossi
Stahl, Konrad O.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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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