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Naked Exclusion: Towards a Behavioral Approach to Exclusive Dealing

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  • Boone, J.
  • Müller, W.
  • Suetens, S.

    (Tilburg University, Tilburg Law and Economics Center)

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We report experimental results on exclusive dealing inspired by the literature on “naked exclusionâ€. Our key findings are: First, exclusion of a more efficient entrant is a widespread phenomenon in lab markets. Second, allowing incumbents to discriminate between buyers increases exclusion rates compared to the non-discriminatory case only when payments to buyers can be offered sequentially and secretly. Third, allowing discrimination does not lead to significant decreases in costs of exclusion. Accounting for the observation that buyers are more likely to accept an exclusive deal the higher is the payment, substantially improves the fit between theoretical predictions and observed behavior.

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Paper provided by Tilburg University, Tilburg Law and Economic Center in its series Discussion Paper with number 2009-017.

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Cited by:
  1. Jeroen Hinloopen & Wieland Mueller & Hans-Theo Normann, 2011. "Output Commitment through Product Bundling: Experimental Evidence," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 11-170/1, Tinbergen Institute.
  2. Nurski, Laura & Verboven, Frank, 2012. "Exclusive dealing as a barrier to entry? Evidence from automobiles," CEPR Discussion Papers 8762, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Jeroen Hinloopen & Wieland Mueller & Hans-Theo Normann, 2011. "Output Commitment through Product Bundling: Experimental Evidence," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 11-170/1, Tinbergen Institute.
  4. Jan Boone & Wieland Müller & Sigrid Suetens, 2011. "Naked exclusion in the lab: The case of sequential contracting," Vienna Economics Papers 1109, University of Vienna, Department of Economics.

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