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Author: | Sällström, S. |
Title: | Technological progress and the Chamberlain effect |
Journal: | Journal of Industrial Economics
1999 : DEC, VOL. 47:4, p. 427-449 |
Index terms: | ECONOMETRICS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | What role does technological progress have in explaining quality deteriorating? In a model with variable cost of quality and heterogeneous consumers there is a possibility of quality reductions when new technology makes larger scale production feasible. The effect on quality depends on the number of varieties produced by the monopolist. |
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