Collusive conduct in duopolies: Multimarket contact and cross-ownership in the mobile telephone industry

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-322

  Parker, Philip M ^a   Röller, Lars Hendrik ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040516777     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555807     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. ABREU, D. *Extremal Equilibria of Oligopolistic Supergames.* Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 39 (1986), pp. 191-225.
2. APPELBAUM, E. *The Estimation of the Degree of Oligopoly Power.* Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 19 (1982), pp. 287-299.
3. BERNHEIM, B.D. AND WHINSTON, M.D. *Multimarket Contact and Collusive Behavior.* RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 21 (1990), pp. 1-26.
4. BERRESFORD, J.W. *The Impact of Law and Regulation on Technology: The Case History of Cellular Radio." Business Lawyer, Vol. 44 (1989), pp. 721-735.
5. BRANDER, J.A. AND ZHANG, A. *Market Conduct in the Airline Industry: An Empirical Investigation.* RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 21 (1990), pp. 567-583.
6. _ AND _. *Dynamic Oligopoly Behavior in the Airline Industry.* International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 11 (1993), pp. 407-436.
7. BRESNAHAN, T.E *Empirical Studies in Industries with Market Power.* In R. Schmalensee and R.D. Willig, eds., Handbook of Industrial Organization. New York: North-Holland, 1989.
8. _. *Competition and Collusion in the American Automobile Industry: The 1955 Price War.* Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 35 (1987), pp. 457-482.
9. _ ND REISS, P.C. "Entry in Monopoly Markets." Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 57 (1990), pp. 531-553.
10. _ AND _. "Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets." Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 99 (1991a), pp. 977-1009.
11. _ AND _. "Empirical Models of Discrete Games." Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 48 (1991b), pp. 57-81.
12. BULOW, J., GEANAKOPLOS, J., AND KLEMPERER, P. "Multimarket Oligopoly: Strategic Substitutes and Complements." Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 93 (1985), pp. 488-511.
13. DANNER, C. "The Oligopoly Paradox: Cellular Telephones and a Difficult Regulatory Problem." Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, Vol. 10 (1991), pp. 671-675.
14. EVANS, W.N. AND KESSIDES, I. "Living by the 'Golden Rule': Multimarket Contact in the U.S. Airline Industry." Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 109 (1994), pp. 341-366.
15. FARRELL, J. AND SHAPIRO, C. "Asset Ownership and Market Structure in Oligopoly." RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 21 (1990), pp. 275-292.
16. FRANKLIN, W.J. "Cellular Antitrust." Cellular Business, Vol. 3 (1986), pp. 14-45.
17. FUDENBERG, D. AND TIROLE, J. Game Theory. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1991.
18. GOLLOP, F. AND ROBERTS, M. "Firm Interdependence in Oligopolistic Markets." Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 1 (1979), pp. 313-331.
19. GREEN, E.J. AND PORTER, R.H. "Noncooperative Collusion Under Imperfect Price Information." Econome-trica, Vol. 52 (1984), pp. 87-100.
20. HAUSMAN, J.A. "The Cost of Cellular Telephone Regulation." Mimeo, MIT, 1995.
21. HEGGESTAD, A. AND RHOADES, S. "Multimarket Interdependence and Local Market Competition in Banking." Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 60 (1978), pp. 523-532.
22. IWATA, G. "Measurement of Conjectural Variations in Oligopoly." Econometrica, Vol. 42 (1974), pp. 949-966.
23. MALUEG, D.A. "Collusive Behavior and Partial Ownership of Rivals." International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 10 (1992), pp. 27-34.
24. MAYO, J.W. AND OTSUKA, Y. "Demand, Pricing, and Regulation: Evidence from the Cable TV Industry." RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 22 (1991), pp. 396-410.
25. MESTER, L. "The Effects of Multimarket Contact on Savings and Loan Behavior." Research Paper no. 85-13, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 1985.
26. MUELLER, D.C. "The Effects of Conglomerate Mergers: A Survey of the Empirical Evidence." Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 1 (1977), pp. 315-347.
27. PORTER, R.H. "A Study of Cartel Stability: The Joint Executive Committee, 1880-1886." Bell Journal of Economics, Vol. 14 (1983), pp. 301-314.
28. REYNOLDS, R. AND SNAPP, B. "The Competitive Effects of Partial Equity Interests and Joint Ventures." International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 4 (1986), pp. 141-153.
29. RHOADES, S.A. AND HEGGESTAD, A. "Multimarket Interdependence and Performance in Banking: Two Tests." Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 30 (1985), pp. 975-995.
30. ROTEMBERG, J.J. AND SALONER, G. "A Supergame Theoretic Model of Price Wars During Booms." American Economic Review, Vol. 76 (1986), pp. 390-407.
31. RUBINOTVITZ, R.N. "Market Power and Price Increases for Basic Cable Service since Deregulation." RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 24 (1993), pp. 1-18.
32. RUIZ, L.K. "Pricing Strategies and Regulatory Effects in the United States Cellular Telecommunications Duopolies." Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, 1994.
33. SCOTT, J.T. "Multimarket Contact and Economic Performance." Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 64 (1982), pp. 368-375.
34. SHEW, W.B. "Regulation, Competition, and Prices in the U.S. Cellular Telephone Industry." Working Paper, American Enterprise Institute, 1994.
35. SLADE, M.E. "Conjectures, Firm Characteristics, and Market Structure: An Empirical Assessment." International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 4 (1986), pp. 347-370.
36. _. "Interfirm Rivalry in a Repeated Game: An Empirical Test of Tacit Collusion." Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 35 (1987), pp. 499-516.
37. _. "Vancouver's Gasoline-Price Wars: An Empirical Exercise in Uncovering Supergame Strategies." Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 59 (1992), pp. 257-276.