• Title of article

    Quality heterogeneity and welfare

  • Author/Authors

    George Symeonidis، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    7
  • Abstract
    In a differentiated product oligopoly with linear demand, an increase in the degree of quality heterogeneity across firms increases both aggregate profit and consumer surplus. This result is robust to whether firms set prices or quantities
  • Keywords
    Vertical product differentiation , Welfare , Firm heterogeneity
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435076