Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18244 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 260
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
In a framework with an upstream monopoly and a downstream duopoly, we analyze the impact of convex costs on the downstream level. In contrast to the case of constant marginal costs, vertical integration does not imply complete market foreclosure. While the non-integrated downstream firm receives a strictly positive amount of the intermediate good, the downstream allocation is inefficient. However, a parametrized example indicates that competition at the downstream level may increase aggregate welfare.
Subjects: 
Vertical restraints
commitment
JEL: 
C72
C73
D82
L10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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