To Regulate or to Deregulate? The Role of Downstream Competition in Upstream Monopoly Vertically Linked Markets
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- Michael Polemis & Konstantinos Eleftheriou, 2018. "To Regulate Or To Deregulate? The Role Of Downstream Competition In Upstream Monopoly Vertically Linked Markets," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 70(1), pages 51-63, January.
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Bertrand; Cournot; Marginal cost pricing; Regulation; Vertical relations;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2016-02-29 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-REG-2016-02-29 (Regulation)
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