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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents From Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s

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  • Bresnahan, T.F.
  • Stern, S.
  • Trajtenberg, M.

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This paper evaluates the sources of transitory market power in the market for personal computer (PCs) during the late 1980s. Our analysis is motivated by the coexistence of low barriers to entry into the PC industry and high rates of innovative investment by a small number of PC manufacturers.

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  • Bresnahan, T.F. & Stern, S. & Trajtenberg, M., 1996. "Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents From Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s," Papers 25-96, Tel Aviv.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:teavfo:25-96
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    1. Qin, Fei & Wu, Steven Y., 2022. "Estimating Consumer Segments and Choices from Limited Information: The Application of Machine Learning Methods," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322473, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Francisco Cisternas & Wee Chaimanowong & Alan Montgomery & Timothy Derdenger, 2020. "Influencing Competition Through Shelf Design," Papers 2010.09227, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2024.
    3. Richards, Timothy J. & Hamilton, Stephen F. & Patterson, Paul M., 2010. "Spatial Competition and Private Labels," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 35(2), pages 1-26, August.
    4. Heli Koski, 1999. "The Installed Base Effect: Some Empirical Evidence From The Microcomputer Market," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(4), pages 273-310.

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    JEL classification:

    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • L63 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Microelectronics; Computers; Communications Equipment

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