Price equilibrium and willingness to pay in a vertically differentiated mixed duopoly

Benassi, Corrado ; Castellani, Massimiliano ; Mussoni, Maurizio (2015) Price equilibrium and willingness to pay in a vertically differentiated mixed duopoly. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 27. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4284. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (1012). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

In the framework of a vertically differentiated mixed duopoly, with uncovered market and costless quality choice, we study the existence of a price equilibrium when a welfare-maximizing public firm producing low quality goods competes against a profit-maximizing private firm producing high quality goods. We show that a price equilibrium exists if the quality spectrum is wide enough vis à vis a measure of the convexity of the distribution of the consumers' willingness to pay, and that such equilibrium is unique if this sufficient condition is tightened. Log-concavity of the income distribution is inconsistent with the existence of equilibrium.

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Tipologia del documento
Monografia (Working paper)
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Benassi, Corrado
Castellani, Massimiliano
Mussoni, Maurizio
Parole chiave
price equilibrium, vertical differentiation, mixed duopoly
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ISSN
2282-6483
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Data di deposito
15 Giu 2015 09:45
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21 Ott 2015 10:01
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