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Consumer Welfare Consequences of exchanges of Cost Information


Oliver M. Richard


U.S. Department of Justice - Economic Analysis Group - Antitrust Division

Olivier Armantier


Federal Reserve Bank of New York

February 2001

Simon School of Business Working Paper No. FR 01-03

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We show that exchanges of cost information in models with entry may benefit consumers in a wide range of market structures, including multimarket models with independently distributed costs and duopolies. These results contrast with previous findings in models without entry.

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JEL Classification: L11, D82, C15

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Date posted: March 13, 2001  

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Richard, Oliver M. and Armantier, Olivier, Consumer Welfare Consequences of exchanges of Cost Information (February 2001). Simon School of Business Working Paper No. FR 01-03. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=262026 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.262026

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Oliver M. Richard (Contact Author)
U.S. Department of Justice - Economic Analysis Group - Antitrust Division ( email )
450 Fifth Street, NW
Ninth Floor
Washington, DC 20530
United States
Olivier Armantier
Federal Reserve Bank of New York ( email )
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
United States
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