PRICE DISCRIMINATION IN STACKELBERG COMPETITION*
研究了线性需求下斯塔克尔伯格竞争模型中的价格歧视效应,发现领导者不进行价格歧视,而追随者进行全部价格歧视,且利润和总福利高于标准模型,消费者剩余更低。
We examine the effects of price discrimination in the Stackelberg competition model for the linear demand case. We show that the leader does not use any price discrimination at all. Rather, the follower does all price discrimination. The leader directs all of its first mover preemptive advantage to attract the highest value consumers who pay a uniformly high price. We observe that profits and total welfare are larger and consumer surplus is smaller than those of the standard Stackelberg competition model.