Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing

Oligopoly behaviour by domestic firms faced with foreign competition in a small open economy is examined in the context of a market for differentiated products. Market power is measured using conjectural variations, distinguishing two models of oligopoly based alternatively on Cournot and Bertrand b...

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Main Authors: Bloch, Harry, Chong, Han
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6168
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description Oligopoly behaviour by domestic firms faced with foreign competition in a small open economy is examined in the context of a market for differentiated products. Market power is measured using conjectural variations, distinguishing two models of oligopoly based alternatively on Cournot and Bertrand behaviour. This leads to the econometric specification of price-cost margin, import share and budget share equations consistent with an oligopoly equilibrium that encompasses both models. The resulting regression model is applied to quarterly data covering the period from 1984 to 2000 for each of the two-digit Australian manufacturing industries producing primarily consumer non-durable goods.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-61682017-01-30T10:51:08Z Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing Bloch, Harry Chong, Han oligopoly imports Australian manufacturing Oligopoly behaviour by domestic firms faced with foreign competition in a small open economy is examined in the context of a market for differentiated products. Market power is measured using conjectural variations, distinguishing two models of oligopoly based alternatively on Cournot and Bertrand behaviour. This leads to the econometric specification of price-cost margin, import share and budget share equations consistent with an oligopoly equilibrium that encompasses both models. The resulting regression model is applied to quarterly data covering the period from 1984 to 2000 for each of the two-digit Australian manufacturing industries producing primarily consumer non-durable goods. 2004 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6168 School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School fulltext
spellingShingle oligopoly
imports
Australian manufacturing
Bloch, Harry
Chong, Han
Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
title Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
title_full Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
title_fullStr Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
title_short Oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in Australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
title_sort oligopoly behaviour, pricing and imports in australian consumer non-durable goods manufacturing
topic oligopoly
imports
Australian manufacturing
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6168