On the anti-competitive effects of quantity discounts

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-341

  Calzolari, Giacomo ^a,b   Denicolò, Vincenzo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominant firm; Exclusion; Non linear pricing; Quantity discounts

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; DOMINANT FIRM; EXCLUSION; NON-LINEAR PRICING; PARAMETER VALUES; QUANTITY DISCOUNT; QUANTITY DISCOUNTS; SMALLER FIRMS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 79955467404     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2010.12.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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