Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Balancing Efficiency and Consumer Welfare
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- Frédéric Marty & Thierry Warin, 2025. "Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Balancing Efficiency and Consumer Welfare," Working Papers halshs-05199988, HAL.
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JEL classification:
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AIN-2025-08-11 (Artificial Intelligence)
- NEP-COM-2025-08-11 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2025-08-11 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-LAW-2025-08-11 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2025-08-11 (Regulation)
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