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Firm behavior in declining markets

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25780168
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionYokohama City University (2015)
Chiba Keizai University (2013-2014)

Principal Investigator

Ota Rui  横浜市立大学, 総合科学部, 准教授 (00338229)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords衰退市場 / 価格競争 / ダンピング / 市場の質 / 米国白黒テレビ市場 / 経済成長 / 企業行動 / 均衡
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to investigate firm behavior in declining markets. Specific themes are as follow: pricing an existed product when a firm produces a new substitute simultaneously; exit due to comparative advantage; empirical analysis of declining markets with micro data.
I and co-authors demonstrate the following results: under a two-period durable good monopoly model, price of the new product falls in the second period while price for the old product rises; Stackelberg competition is a rationale for selling an existed product even if a new substitute is available; in a two-country trade model, a discrete demand shift dumping raises the price of an existing home product. Since this implies that domestic consumers are worse off, the act of trade protection can be beneficial to domestic consumers. I collect data on goods produced in Fukushima and in China, whose demand both declined because of Great East Japan Earthquake and several incidents harming food safety, respectively.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2016 2015 Other

All Presentation (5 results)

  • [Presentation] An import surge as a trigger for protectionism: A consumer's perspective2016

    • Author(s)
      Rui Ota
    • Organizer
      2016 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
    • Place of Presentation
      同志社大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An import surge as a trigger for protectionism: A consumer's perspective2016

    • Author(s)
      太田 塁
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An import surge as a trigger for protectionism: A consumer's perspective2016

    • Author(s)
      Rui Ota
    • Organizer
      Western Economic Association International 12th International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Discrete Demand Shift Dumping2015

    • Author(s)
      Rui Ota
    • Organizer
      Western Economic Association International
    • Place of Presentation
      The Museum of New Zealand
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Pricing an existed product when a firm produces a new substitute

    • Author(s)
      Rui Ota
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Competition and Market Structure
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉経済大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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