Competition among Big and Small Firms: Theoretical Analysis and Policy Implications

• Project/Area Number: 16H06854
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: PAN LIJUN 名古屋大学, 経済学研究科, 招へい教員 (70784320)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: market structure / big firms / small firms / competition policy / 経済政策 / 経済理論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1. I have published three papers in refereed journals. In particular, the paper entitled "Is a Big Entrant a Threat to Incumbents? The Role of Demand Substitutability in Competition among the Big and the Small" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Industrial Economics, a field top journal of industrial economics.
2. Oral presentation in international conferences and workshops: (1) Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference, 2016.12.12, Melbourne, Australia;(2) Regional Science Workshop, 2017.3.3, Tohoku University;(3)“ Asia Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2017, 2017/12/14-16, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Is a Big Entrant a Threat to Incumbents? The Role of Demand Substitutability in Competition Among the Big and the Small (2018)
  • Author(s): Pan Lijun, Hanazono Makoto
  • Journal Title: The Journal of Industrial Economics Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Pages: 30-65
  • DOI: 10.1111/joie.12164
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Endogenous Choice on Advertising Pricing of Media Platforms: Lump-sum Fee vs. Proportional Fee (2017)
  • Author(s): Lijun Pan
  • Journal Title: Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics Volume: 58(1)
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Pricing of Media Platforms with Vertical Differentiation (2017)
  • Author(s): Lijun Pan
  • Journal Title: Economic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research Volume: 51 Pages: 249-263
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Horizontal Merger of Big Firms with Product Choice in the Presence of Small Firms (2017)
  • Author(s): Lijun Pan
  • Organizer: Asia Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Is a Big Entrant a Threat to Incumbents? The Role of Demand Substitutability in Competition among the Big and the Small (2016)
  • Author(s): Lijun Pan
  • Organizer: Asia Pacific Industrial Organisation Society
  • Place of Presentation: University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-12
  • Int'l Joint Research