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Market share dynamics and the ‘persistence of leadership’ debate

Sutton, John (2004) Market share dynamics and the ‘persistence of leadership’ debate. EI (37). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper introduces a novel analysis of the classic “persistence of leadership” question, and applies it to a newly constructed dataset for Japanese manufacturing. The analysis rests on an appeal to an empirical “scaling relationship” between current market share and the variance of changes in market share. This relationship provides a powerful “model selection criterion” for candidate models of market share dynamics. It also makes it feasible, even in small datasets, to test directly for the properties of the “first passage times” corresponding to loss of leadership.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information: © 2004 John Sutton
Divisions: STICERD
Economics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification: L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L10 - General
L - Industrial Organization > L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing > L60 - General
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2008 15:27
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 22:59
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6731

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