机构:
Rutgers State Univ, Dept Econ, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USARutgers State Univ, Dept Econ, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
Carbonell-Nicolau, Oriol
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机构:
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Econ, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
Natural monopoly;
Deadweight loss from monopoly;
Decreasing average costs;
Shared ownership;
D O I:
10.1007/s11149-020-09416-x
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
We consider a shared ownership arrangement among consumers/owners as a means to organize production with an underlying decreasing average cost function typical of natural monopolies. The resulting output allocation yields a lower deadweight loss than the monopoly allocation, and is, in some cases, efficient.
机构:
Rutgers State Univ, Dept Econ, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USARutgers State Univ, Dept Econ, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA