Arbeitspapier
Buyers' alliances for bargaining power
We provide a novel explanation as to why forming an alliance of buyers (or sellers) across separate markets can be advantageous when input prices are determined by bargaining. Our explanation helps to understand the prevalence of buyer cooperatives among small and medium sized firms.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2003-24
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
Telecommunications
- Subject
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Nash bargaining solution
alternating-offer bargaining
bargaining power
buyer power
cooperatives
input markets
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Chae, Suchan
Heidhues, Paul
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2003
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Chae, Suchan
- Heidhues, Paul
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Time of origin
- 2003