Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18935 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1297
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We apply and extend the cost-based approach to bundling and tying under competition developed in Evans and Salinger (2004a) to over-the-counter pain relievers and cold medicines. We document that consumers pay much less for tablets with multiple ingredients than they would to buy tablets with each ingredient separately. We then decompose the sources of these savings into marginal cost savings and a component that reflects fixed costs of product offerings. The analysis both documents substantial economies of bundling and illustrates the sort of cost analysis that is necessary for understanding tying.
JEL: 
L11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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