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AT&T's Strategic Response to Competition: Why Not Preempt Entry?

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  • Nix, Joan
  • Gabel, David

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The idea that a monopolist would adopt a pricing strategy to deter entry is found in a wide body of research. We explore why the monopolist in the American telephone industry, AT&T, did not pursue such a strategy when its initial patents expired.

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  • Nix, Joan & Gabel, David, 1993. "AT&T's Strategic Response to Competition: Why Not Preempt Entry?," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 53(2), pages 377-387, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:53:y:1993:i:02:p:377-387_01
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    1. Majumdar, Sumit K., 2015. "Competitor entry impact on jobs and wages in incumbent firms: retrospective evidence from a natural experiment," Business and Politics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 291-326, August.
    2. Mark A. Jamison, 2011. "Liberalization and Regulation of Telecoms, Electricity, and Gas in the United States," Chapters, in: Matthias Finger & Rolf W. Künneke (ed.), International Handbook of Network Industries, chapter 21, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Anthony Creane & Kaz Miyagiwa, 2007. "The Profitable Suppression of Inventions: Technology Choice and Entry Deterrence," ISER Discussion Paper 0702, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
    4. Howell, Bronwyn, 2010. "Flat-Rate Tariffs and Competitive Entry in Telecommunications Markets," Working Paper Series 4053, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    5. Howell, Bronwyn, 2010. "Flat-Rate Tariffs and Competitive Entry in Telecommunications Markets," Working Paper Series 19156, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.

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