The investment effects of price caps under imperfect competition: A note

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 106
Issue: 2
Pages: 92-94

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Abstract

We examine the impact of price cap regulation on the capacity investments of oligopolistic suppliers facing time-varying demand. We find that binding price caps set above long-run marginal cost increase (rather than decrease) aggregate capacity investment.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:106:y:2010:i:2:p:92-94
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25