Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/221332 
Year of Publication: 
1991
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 973
Publisher: 
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Evanston, IL
Abstract: 
Thie paper proves the existence of a symmetric equilibrium with multiproduct firms using a nested logit model of demand. The demand model is parametrized by two variable which characterize different dimensions of preference variety. These reflect intragroup heterogeneity and intergropu heterogeneity, a group (or nest) being the set of products produced by a firm. There are then two dimensions to market performance; the total number of firms and the range of products produced per firm. It is shown that the market equilibrium involves an excessive number of firms, but each firm provides too few products.
Subjects: 
Discrete choice model
oligopolistic competition
multiple product firms
nested logit model
JEL: 
O11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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