In this article, Michael Salinger shows how a dominant firm that faces competition for part but not all of its market can maintain prices above competitive levels by offering cliff discounts with a threshold that allocates some market share to its competitors. To read more, click the link below.
How capacity constraints shape unilateral price effects in horizontal mergers
Examples include hospitals with a fixed number of beds, and hotels with a fixed number of rooms. In the article “Unilateral Price Effects in Horizontal...