The Economics of Predation: What Drives Pricing When There is Learning-by-Doing?
The Economics of Predation: What Drives Pricing When There is Learning-by-Doing?
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掠夺经济学:边做边学时是什么驱动定价?
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2011
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Yaroslav Kryukov
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David Besanko;U. Doraszelski;Yaroslav Kryukov
We formally characterize predatory pricing in a modern industry-dynamics framework that endogenizes competitive advantage and industry structure. As an illustrative example we focus on learning-by-doing. To disentangle predatory pricing from mere competition for efficiency on a learning curve we decompose the equilibrium pricing condition. We show that forcing firms to ignore the predatory incentives in setting their prices can have a large impact and that this impact stems from eliminating equilibria with predation-like behavior. Along with the predation-like behavior, however, a fair amount of competition for the market is eliminated.