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Collusion in Ocean Shipping: A Test of Monopoly and Empty Core Model s

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Sjostrom, William

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In markets with avoidable fixed costs, the core may be empty. The author argues that a reason for collusion is to impose an equilibrium where none exists. He sets up a framework for deriving testable implications from the model and compares those implications with those of a cartel model. The author compares the two models empirically with data from liner shipping conferences, legal collusive agreements that have been in force for over a century, and concludes that the evidence supports the theory of the core. Copyright 1989 by University of Chicago Press.

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Volume (Year): 97 (1989)
Issue (Month): 5 (October)
Pages: 1160-79
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