Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/150108 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] Theoretical Economics [ISSN:] 1555-7561 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] The Econometric Society [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 123-153
Publisher: 
The Econometric Society, New York, NY
Abstract: 
This paper considers a nonlinear pricing framework with both horizontally and vertically differentiated products. By endogenizing the set of consumers served in the market, we are able to study how increased competition affects nonlinear pricing, in particular the market coverage and quality distortions. We characterize the symmetric equilibrium menu of price-quality offers under different market structures. When the market structure moves from monopoly to duopoly, we show that more types of consumers are served and quality distortions decrease. As the market structure becomes more competitive, the effect of increased competition exhibits some non-monotonic features: when the initial competition is not too weak, a further increase in the number of firms leads to more types of consumers being covered and a reduction in quality distortions; when the initial competition is weak, an increase in the number of firms leads to fewer types of consumers being covered, though the effect on quality distortions is not uniform.
Subjects: 
Nonlinear pricing
product differentiation
market coverage
quality distortions
JEL: 
D40
D82
L10
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Document Type: 
Article

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