Browsing Centre for Research in Economics and Management (CREAM) by Subject "efficiency"
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Competition with local network externalities
(CREAM Publications;10/2010, Working paper, 2010)Local network externalities are present when the utility of buying from a firm not only depends on the number of other customers (global network externalities), but also on their identity and / or characteristics. We ... -
Efficient Exclusion
(CREAM Publications; 9/2010, Working paper, 2010)In their influential paper, Aghion and Bolton (1987) argue that a buyer and a seller may agree on high liquidation damages in order to extract rents from future suppliers. As this may distort future trade, it may be socially ...