研討日期	2010年07月17日10:20 ~ 13:00
研討地點	台灣大學社會科學院 第26教室
題目	Resale Price Maintenance and Restrictions on Dominant Firm and Industry-wide Adoption
作者	Foros, Jarle, and Shaffer
文獻出處	International Journal of Industrial Organization
報告人	涂光億
參加人員	黃鴻 林燕淑 吳芝文 王光正 蔡明芳 彭正浩 高國峯 鐘嘒陵 涂光億 丁虹仁 周品旭 施姵全 徐靖 許凱威
摘要	We consider a model in which firms use resale price maintenance (RPM) to dampen competition. We find that even though the motive for using RPM is thus anti-competitive, market forces may limit the overall adverse impact on consumers. Indeed, we find that when there are a large number of firms in the market, consumer welfare under a laissez-faire policy might be as high or almost as high as it would be under an alternative policy in which RPM is banned. Government interventions that put an upper limit on the extent of industry-wide adoption of RPM can have adverse welfare effects in the model. We further show that proposed guidelines in the United States and Europe may come close to minimizing welfare.
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