Price Discrimination under Oligopoly: An Empirical Analysis Based on a Structural Model

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730205
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: ADACHI Takanori 名古屋大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50515153)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 価格戦略 / 経済厚生 / 不完全競争 / 寡占 / 垂直的関係 / 競争政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to theoretically and empirically study firms' pricing strategy such price discrimination under imperfect competition arising from such factors as product differentiation, and to obtain implications that are useful for competition policy and consumer protection policy. The main outcomes include new theoretical characterizations of pricing strategy under oligopoly or in vertical relationships, and empirical findings on how demographic characteristics of consumers are related to their purchase decision on extended warranties for durable products.

Free Research Field

産業組織論、応用ミクロ経済学