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Self Preferencing and Price Squeeze

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We examine the incentives for a gatekeeper controlling a competitive bottle neck, whether it be a digital platform, supermarket shelf space, or a classical infrastructure such as a telecommunications network, to exploit or exclude competitors by means of self-preferencing. Our focus is on pricing conduct, so called price squeeze, but we also touch on non-price conduct. We characterize the welfare efects of restricting price squeeze through antitrust intervention or regulation. We also examine how such policies afect incentives to undertake cost reducing investments, both for the gatekeeper as well as for its competitors.

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  • Mandorff, Martin & Nyberg, Sten, 2023. "Self Preferencing and Price Squeeze," Konkurrensverket Working Paper Series in Law and Economics 2023:1, Konkurrensverket (Swedish Competition Authority).
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:kkveco:2023_001
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    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
    • L42 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts
    • L44 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Antitrust Policy and Public Enterprise, Nonprofit Institutions, and Professional Organizations

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