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Journal Articles International Economic Review Year : 2004

Market sharing agreements and collusive networks

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We analyze reciprocal market sharing agreements by which firms commit not to enter each other's territory in oligopolistic markets and procurement auctions. The set of market sharing agreements defines a collusive network. We characterize stable collusive networks when firms and markets are symmetric. Stable networks are formed of complete alliances, of different sizes, larger than a minimal threshold. Typically, stable networks display fewer agreements than the optimal network for the industry and more agreements than the socially optimal network. When firms or markets are asymmetric, stable networks may involve incomplete alliances and be underconnected with respect to the social optimum. Copyright 2004 by the Economics Department Of The University Of Pennsylvania And Osaka University Institute Of Social And Economic Research Association.

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hal-01505789 , version 1 (11-04-2017)

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Paul Belleflamme, Francis Bloch. Market sharing agreements and collusive networks. International Economic Review, 2004, 45 (2), pp.387-411. ⟨10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00130.x⟩. ⟨hal-01505789⟩
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