Arbeitspapier

Bidimensional quality competition and scope economies

In markets where product quality is important, more than one characteristic is usually necessary to define product quality and the amelioration of the goods characteristics is usually costly. Then, properties of production technologies, in particular if they exhibit economies or diseconomies of scope in producing quality along several dimensions, should matter for the industry configuration at equilibrium. To date, however, the literature has neglected the issue. We analyze a duopoly model where two characteristics can be used to vertically differentiate the products. Our results are that the existence of economies of scope (resp. diseconomies of scope) leads to the emergence of a quality leader in all dimensions (resp. to a different quality leader in each characteristic).

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE ; No. 653

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Produktqualität
Produktdifferenzierung
Marktführer
Verbundvorteil
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Garella, Paolo G.
Lambertini, Luca
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)
(wo)
Bologna
(wann)
2008

DOI
doi:10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4593
Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Garella, Paolo G.
  • Lambertini, Luca
  • Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)

Entstanden

  • 2008

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