An alternative to natural monopoly

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作者
Carbonell-Nicolau, Oriol [1 ]
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Econ, 75 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
关键词
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.
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页码:184 / 192
页数:9
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