寡头垄断中的三级价格歧视:全面竞争与战略承诺

Third-Degree Price Discrimination in Oligopoly: All-Out Competition and Strategic Commitment

RAND Journal of Economics · 1998
被引 404
人大 AFT50ABS 4

中文导读

分析不完全竞争企业实施三级价格歧视如何加剧竞争、降低所有消费者价格,并探讨企业通过不歧视承诺(如每日低价策略)来缓和竞争、提高利润的条件。

Abstract

Price discrimination by imperfectly competitive firms may intensify competition, leading to lower prices for all consumers; the tradeoff of consumer groups' welfare that is characteristic of monopolistic discrimination need not arise. This escalation of competition may make firms worse off, and as a result firms may wish to avoid the discriminatory outcome. Under conditions similar to those in which unambiguous price and welfare effects may arise, unilateral commitments not to price discriminate - including the adoption of everyday low pricing or no-haggle policies - may raise firm profits by softening price competition.

三级价格歧视寡头垄断竞争加剧战略承诺