Vertical differentiation with non-uniform consumers’ distribution
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چکیده
The note explores a vertical differentiation model with a continuous nonuniform consumers’ distribution. First a result concerning the finiteness property obtained with uniform consumers’ distribution is generalized. Second we prove an existence result of price equilibrium when the distribution is concave. Finally we exhibit a counter-example to the existence of price equilibrium to show that the concavity assumption is not superfluous.
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