Does Large Price Discrimination Imply Great Market Power?

11 Pages Posted: 19 Aug 2005

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R. Preston McAfee

California Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences; Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs

Hugo M. Mialon

Emory University - Department of Economics

Sue H. Mialon

Emory University

Date Written: August 16, 2005

Abstract

A simple model demonstrates that there is no theoretical connection between the extent of price discrimination and the extent of market power.

Keywords: Price discrimination, Market power, Coefficient of variation, Antitrust

JEL Classification: L4, K21, D4

Suggested Citation

McAfee, Randolph Preston and McAfee, Randolph Preston and Mialon, Hugo M. and Mialon, Sue H., Does Large Price Discrimination Imply Great Market Power? (August 16, 2005). Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-19, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=784804 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.784804

Randolph Preston McAfee

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Hugo M. Mialon (Contact Author)

Emory University - Department of Economics ( email )

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Sue H. Mialon

Emory University ( email )

Department of Economics
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