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Do Firms Compete When Demand is Low? A Model of Spatial Differentiation

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  • A. Chirco
  • L. Lambertini

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In a spatial competition model, changes in firms competitive behaviour may occur when the hypothesis that individual gross surplus is positive in equilibrium is relaxed. We prove that there exists a region of the relevant parameter where firms behaviour mimics collusion, while in another range they find it optimal to isolate from each other and behave monopolistically.

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  • A. Chirco & L. Lambertini, 1994. "Do Firms Compete When Demand is Low? A Model of Spatial Differentiation," Working Papers 210, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
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