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On the profitability of collusion in location games

Zur Profitabilität von Kollusion in Standortspielen
[working paper]

Huck, Steffen
Knoblauch, Vicki
Müller, Wieland

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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Abstract

"In this note we take a first step towards the analysis of collusion in markets with spatial competition, focusing on the case of pure location choices. We find that collusion can only be profitable if a coalition contains more than half of all players. This result holds for location games played in... view more

"In this note we take a first step towards the analysis of collusion in markets with spatial competition, focusing on the case of pure location choices. We find that collusion can only be profitable if a coalition contains more than half of all players. This result holds for location games played in k-dimensional Euclidean space as long as consumers are distributed via atomless density functions. For competition on the unit interval, unit circle, and unit square we also derive sufficient conditions for collusion to be profitable." (author's abstract)... view less


"Die Autoren untersuchen Kollusion in Märkten, in denen die einzige strategische Variable der Akteure ihre Ortswahl ist. Für Spiele in k-dimensionalen Euklidischen Räumen mit massepunktfreien Verteilungen zeigen sie, dass Kollusion nur profitabel sein kann, wenn wenigstens die Hälfte aller Akteure k... view more

"Die Autoren untersuchen Kollusion in Märkten, in denen die einzige strategische Variable der Akteure ihre Ortswahl ist. Für Spiele in k-dimensionalen Euklidischen Räumen mit massepunktfreien Verteilungen zeigen sie, dass Kollusion nur profitabel sein kann, wenn wenigstens die Hälfte aller Akteure kolludieren. Für Wettbewerb auf dem Einheitsintervall, dem Einheitskreis und dem Einheitsquadrat etablieren die Autoren hinreichende Bedingungen für die Profitabilität von Kollusion." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
location; competition; market mechanism; theory; profit principle; model construction

Classification
Political Economy

Method
theory formation; basic research

Document language
English

Publication Year
2002

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
12 p.

Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und politische Ökonomie, 02-22

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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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