Estimating Technology in Monopolistic and Oligopolistic Industries with Application to the Rail and Auto Industries

该项目的目的是开发一个通用的分析 可用于确定技术条件的框架 一个行业中的公司在什么条件下运作，以及回答 有关市场结构、定价行为和 市场力量的运用。 分析框架可用于 分析多产品公司在竞争，垄断，或 寡头垄断的市场结构。 该框架的应用将 涉及铁路和汽车行业，分别代表 垄断和寡头垄断行业。 的实证研究 铁路将侧重于行业的技术结构 及其定价和市场行为在一个受管制和准管制的 环境，而对汽车行业的实证研究将 分析个别公司的定价行为， 他们考虑到需求的相互依赖性， 结构 这项研究很重要，因为它将提供一个更好的 了解行业的技术变革 强大的市场力量。

The purpose of this project is to develop a general analytical framework that can be used to determine the technological conditions under which firms in an industry operate, as well as to answer questions dealing with market structure, pricing behavior, and the exercise of market power. The analytical framework can be used to analyze multiproduct firms operating in competitive, monopolistic, or oligopolistic market structures. Applications of this framework will involve rail roads and the auto industry, which respectively represent monopolistic and oligopolistic industries. The empirical research on rail roads will focus on the technological structure of the industry and its pricing and market behavior in a regulated and quasi regulated environment, while the empirical research on the auto industry will analyze the pricing behavior of individual firms, the extent to which they take into account demand interdependence, and their technological structure. This research is important because it will provide a better understanding of technological change in industries exercising significant market power.