Heterogeneous firms can always collude on a minimum price
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Heterogeneous Firms Can Always Collude on a Minimum Price∗
When firms are heterogeneous, there may not exist a common collusive price that raises all firms’profits. However it is shown that there always exists a common minimum price that raises all firms’profits.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Economics Letters
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.020