Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5061182 Economics Letters 2010 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

The model of price discrimination in Cournot-Nash oligopoly is extended to the case of many prices, analogous to 1st degree monopoly price discrimination. In the limit all viable customers are served, but the price charged the keenest customers is well below the highest price charged by a monopoly.

Research Highlights►Price discrimination in oligopoly extended to many prices. ►Relationship between number of firms and average price unchanged. ►In the limit all viable customers are served. ►But not all surplus is extracted by the sellers.

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