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Strategic Privatization and Regulation Policy in Mixed Markets

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J Hindriks
D Claude

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In this article, the authors consider mixed oligopoly markets for differentiated goods, where private and public firms compete either in price or quantity. This is a study of the welfare effect of privatization— interpreted as partial strategic delegation of the public firm to a private manager with profit concern. It is shown that partial privatization improves welfare with ‘quantity competition’ when goods are substitutes; and with ‘price competition’ when goods are complements. However, full privatization (complete delegation to private manager) can never be optimal. It is also shown that a public firm can make more profit than a private firm in equilibrium, and that this possibility is more likely under quantity competition. With regard to market regulation policy, it is articulated that (i) public and private firms should be taxed in the same manner; and (ii) price regulation is better than quantity regulation.

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Article provided by Icfai Press in its journal The Icfai University Journal of Managerial Economics.

Volume (Year): IV (2006)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 7-26
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  1. Claude, Denis & Tidball, Mabel, 2006. "Efficiency inducing taxation for polluting oligopolists: the irrelevance of privatization," MPRA Paper 776, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 Oct 2006. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Giuseppe De Feo & Carlo Capuano, 2009. "On Public Inefficiencies in a Mixed Duopoly," Working Papers 09-16, University of Strathclyde Business School, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  3. John S. Heywood & Guangliang Ye, 2009. "Delegation in a mixed oligopoly: the case of multiple private firms," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(2), pages 71-82. [Downloadable!]
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