Title
Vertical Product Differentiation, Entry-Deterrence Strategies, and Entry Qualities
Campus Units
Economics, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
11-2006
Journal or Book Title
Review of Industrial Organization
Volume
29
Issue
3
First Page or Article ID Number
227
Last Page
252
DOI
10.1007/s11151-006-9115-7
Abstract
We analyze the potential entry of a new product into a vertically differentiated market. Here the entry-deterrence strategies of the incumbent firm rely on “limit qualities.” The model assumes quality-dependent marginal production costs and considers sequential quality choices by an incumbent and an entrant. Entry-quality decisions and the entry-deterrence strategies are related to the fixed cost necessary for entry and to the degree of consumers’ taste for quality. We detail the conditions under which the incumbent increases its quality level to deter entry. Quality-dependent marginal production costs in the model entail the possibility of inferior-quality entry as well. Welfare is not necessarily improved when entry is encouraged rather than deterred.
Recommended Citation
Noh, Yong-Hwan and Moschini, Giancarlo, "Vertical Product Differentiation, Entry-Deterrence Strategies, and Entry Qualities" (2006). Economics Publications. 192.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/192
Comments
This is a working paper of an article from Review of Industrial Organization 29 (2006): 227, doi: 10.1007/s11151-006-9115-7.