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- Ramírez, José Carlos
(Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México y Departamento de Economía del CIDE)
- Bueno, Patricia
(Universidad de Westminster)
Abstract
By using a Cournot competition model this paper aims at determining prices, quantities and market power of the largest intermediaries in Mexico’s masterpieces paintings market. The main hypothesis is that those variables critically depend on the intermediaries´ strategies of product differentiation, costs and conjectural variations. Results from simulations show that the model performs very well when explaining the behavior of intermediaries, especially when a parameter of product differentiation is introduced. In particular the model identifies two market niches; the one which is controlled by auction houses (the market of unique or highly differentiated pieces) and the other one which is monopolized by art galleries and art dealers (the market of common or lowly differentiated pieces). This distinction grounds the whole body of this research.// El artículo establece un modelo de competencia à la Cournot para determinar los precios, cantidades y poder de mercado de los principales intermediarios del mercado secundario de obras pictóricas en México. La hipótesis base es que esas tres variables dependen críticamente de la diferenciación de productos, costos y variaciones conjeturales que los intermediarios mantienen entre sí. Los resultados de las simulaciones revelan que el modelo propuesto funciona muy bien para explicar el comportamiento de los intermediarios ya que, al introducir el parámetro de diferenciación de productos, se pueden distinguir dos nichos en el mercado secundario: el de piezas únicas o altamente diferenciadas vendidas en las casas de subasta y el de obras comunes o de menor diferenciación canalizadas mediante los dealers y las galerías. Esta identificación permea todos las conclusiones de la investigación.
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Ramírez, José Carlos & Bueno, Patricia, 2008.
"Competencia por cantidades en los mercados de arte de México,"
El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(297), pages 49-81, enero-mar.
Handle:
RePEc:elt:journl:v:75:y:2008:i:297:p:49-81
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v75i297.391
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- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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