The Impact of Product Differentiation on Retail Bundling in a Vertical Market
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Keywords
retail bundling; upstream market power; double marginalization; product differentiation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L42 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2022-05-09 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2022-05-09 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-ORE-2022-05-09 (Operations Research)
- NEP-REG-2022-05-09 (Regulation)
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