Strategic Accessibility Competition
Quaderni Working Papers DSE No. 695
22 Pages Posted: 24 Sep 2010
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Strategic Accessibility Competition
Date Written: March 8, 2010
Abstract
We analyze the effect of competition in market-accessibility enhancement among quality-differentiated firms. Firms are located in regions with different ex-ante transport costs to reach the final market. We characterize the equilibrium of the two-stage game in which firms first invest to improve market accessibility and then compete in prices. Efforts in accessibility improvement crucially depend on the interplay between the willingness to pay for the quality premium of the median consumer and the ex-ante difference in accessibility between regions. From the social standpoint, all the accessibility investment should be carried out by the high-quality firm. Finally quality choice is endogenized.
Keywords: Strategic Accessibility Competition
JEL Classification: L13, R42, L9
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