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Better Observability Promotes the Adoption of more Flexible Technologies

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Boyer, M.
Jacques, A.
Moreaux, M.

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We study in this paper how the technological flexibility choices and equilibrium configurations depend first on the industry characteristics (demand function and cost parameters specific to the multiproduct flexible technology and to the product dedicated technologies) and, second, on the observability conditions prevailing in the industry. We show that better observability tends to promote the adoption of more flexible technologies.

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Paper provided by Toulouse - GREMAQ in its series Papers with number 98.505.

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Date of creation: 1998
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Keywords: OLIGOPOLIES ; MARKET STRUCTURE;

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D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
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  1. W. Bentley MacLeod & Daniel Parent, 1999. "Job characteristics, wages, and the employment contract," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue May, pages 13-27. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Eaton, B Curtis & Schmitt, Nicolas, 1994. "Flexible Manufacturing and Market Structure," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(4), pages 875-88, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Vives, Xavier, 1989. "Technological competition, uncertainty, and oligopoly," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 386-415, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Boyer, M. & Jacques, A. & Moreaux, M., 1998. "Observability, Commitment and Flexibility," Papers 98.504, Toulouse - GREMAQ.
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  5. Boyer, Marcel & Moreaux, Michel, 1996. "Capacity Commitment versus Flexibility," IDEI Working Papers 63, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
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  1. Marcel Boyer & Armel Jacques & Michel Moreaux, 1998. "Observability, Commitment and Flexibility," CIRANO Working Papers 98s-36, CIRANO. [Downloadable!]
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