Modern Economy

Volume 4, Issue 4 (April 2013)

ISSN Print: 2152-7245   ISSN Online: 2152-7261

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Capacity Choice in a Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly: The Relative Performance Approach

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ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes the capacity choice issue under a price-setting mixed duopoly with differentiated goods, when the objective function of the private firm is its relative profit. In this paper, we show that the public firm chooses over-capacity irrespective of the degree of product differentiation and the degree of importance of the relative performance of the private firm. In contrast, we find that the difference between the output and capacity levels of the private firm strictly depends on both the degree of product differentiation and the degree of importance of its relative performance. More precisely, the private firm chooses over-capacity when the degree of importance of its relative performance is high relative to the degree of product differentiation, whereas it chooses under-capacity otherwise.

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Y. Nakamura and M. Saito, "Capacity Choice in a Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly: The Relative Performance Approach," Modern Economy, Vol. 4 No. 4, 2013, pp. 273-280. doi: 10.4236/me.2013.44031.

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