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Essays on strategic behavior in supermodular settings : lobbying, advertising and price

Creator:

Kudo, Yasushi

Abstract:

This dissertation addresses issues of strategic behavior of firms in lobbying, brand and generic advertising, and advertising-price relationships in imperfectly competitive markets. In the first study, we investigate conditions under which lobbying can improve social welfare and show that this type of lobbying will be undersupplied from society’s perspective. We...

Resource Type:

Dissertation