Price vs. Quantity Competition in a Vertically Related Market

This paper demonstrates that the standard conclusions regarding the comparison of Cournot and Bertrand competition are reversed in a vertically related market with upstream monopoly and trading via two-part tariffs. In such a market, downstream Cournot competition yields higher output, lower wholesale prices, lower final prices, higher consumers’ surplus, and higher total welfare than Bertrand competition.

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