Entry and Exchanges of Cost Information
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The literature on exchanges of information has ignored rms entry decisions. Yet, the Federal Trade Commission recently expressed concerns that exchanges of information in business-to-business electronic platforms would adversely impact entry and, thus, consumers. When entry decisions are endogenized in a competitive Cournot model with cost uncertainty, we nd results that contrast sharply with current thinking on the welfare consequences of information sharing. ¤ Dept of Economics, SUNY Stony Brook NY, 11794. E-mail: [email protected]. y Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627; E-mail: [email protected]. We are very grateful to Greg Sha¤er and Greg Stoness for detailed, insightful comments on an earlier draft. We also thank seminar particpants at SUNY-Stony Brook and the University of Rochester for suggestions.
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