多产品成本转嫁:埃奇沃思悖论再探

Multiproduct Cost Pass-Through: Edgeworth’s Paradox Revisited

Journal of Political Economy · 2023
被引 13
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

研究了多产品垄断企业成本上升反而降价的现象(埃奇沃思悖论),在线性边际成本和需求条件下给出一般分析,并刻画了与利润最大化一致的成本转嫁矩阵。

Abstract

Edgeworth’s paradox of taxation occurs when an increase in the unit cost of a product causes a multiproduct monopolist to reduce prices. We give simple illustrations of the paradox and a general analysis of the case of linear marginal cost and demand conditions, and we characterize which matrices of cost pass-through terms are consistent with profit maximization. When the firm supplies at least one pair of substitute products, we show how Edgeworth’s paradox always occurs with a suitable choice of cost function. We then establish a connection between Ramsey pricing and the paradox in a form relating to consumer surplus.

埃奇沃思悖论多产品垄断成本转嫁替代品