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Dynamic Gains and Static Losses in Oligopoly: Evidence from the Beer Industry

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The paper provides a new perspective on the estimate of the welfare losses due To oligopoly. I argue that the conventional analysis of monopoly/oligopoly welfare Losses can be misleading. If causation runs from investment in new technology to Increased concentration, dynamic gains from innovation should be taken into account for a fuller analysis of welfare losses. I use beer-industry data to demonstrate That technological changes Granger-cause beer prices, and beer prices Granger-cause the Herfindahl index. I then estimate the dynamic gains to consumers in the beer industry and find these gains to be impressive relative to conventional static Losses. Copyright 1999 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Gisser, Mica, 1999. "Dynamic Gains and Static Losses in Oligopoly: Evidence from the Beer Industry," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 37(3), pages 554-575, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ecinqu:v:37:y:1999:i:3:p:554-75
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    1. Rauch, Ferdinand, 2013. "Advertising expenditure and consumer prices," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 331-341.
    2. Dickson Vaughan A & Sun Yingfeng, 2004. "Revisiting the Price Effects of Rising Concentration in U.S. Food Manufacturing," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 1-17, December.
    3. P. Bielik & J. Pokrivčák & A. Qineti & N. Pokrivčáková, 2006. "The spillover effect of foreign direct investment - the case of Slovak beer and malt production sector," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 52(8), pages 347-352.
    4. Natsuko Iwasaki & Barry Seldon & Victor Tremblay, 2008. "Brewing Wars of Attrition for Profit (and Concentration)," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 33(4), pages 263-279, December.
    5. Whitley John, 2002. "The Gains and Losses from Agricultural Concentration: A Critical Survey of the Literature," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 1(1), pages 1-20, October.
    6. Yin Xia & Steven Buccola, 2003. "Factor Use and Productivity Change in the Alcoholic Beverage Industries," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 70(1), pages 93-109, July.
    7. Bhuyan Sanjib & McCafferty Michael, 2013. "U.S. Brewing Industry Profitability: A Simultaneous Determination of Structure, Conduct, and Performance," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, November.

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