Nocke, Volker (1999) Cartel stability under capacity constraints: the traditional view restored. EI (23). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
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Abstract
The existence of a negative relationship between cartel stability and the level of excess capacity in an industry has for a long time been the dominant view in the traditional IO literature. Recent supergame-theoretic contributions (e.g. Brock and Scheinkman, 1985) appear to show that this view is ill-founded. Focussing on the issue of enforcement of cartel rules ('incentive contraints'), however, this literature completely ignores firms' 'participation constraints'. Reverting the focus of attention, the present paper restores the traditional view: large cartels will not be sustainable in periods of high excess capacity (low demand). In contrast to the supergame-theoretic literature, it predicts a negative relationship between excess capacity and the collusive price.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 Volker Nocke |
| Divisions: | STICERD |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure and Pricing > D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2008 08:16 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6751 |
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