Arbeitspapier
Strategic impacts of technology switch-over: Who benefits from electronic commerce?
The introduction of new digital production and distribution technologies may alter the firms' strategy sets, as they are not able to commit credibly to quantity strategies anymore. Mixed oligopoly markets may emerge where some companies compete in prices, while others adjust their quantities. Using an approach first published by Reinhard Selten (1971) and developed further by Richard Cornes and Roger Hartley (2001), I calculate the Nash equilibrium of such an N-person game in a linear specification. Then I discuss the strategic effect of a technology switch-over on market performance and social welfare. A firm that introduces new technology suffers a srategic disadvantage, while consumers benefit.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsreihe ; No. 221
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- Thema
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electronic commerce
oligopoly theory
product differentiation
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bandulet, Martin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Universität Augsburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
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Augsburg
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2002
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bandulet, Martin
- Universität Augsburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
Entstanden
- 2002