monopoly profit


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monopoly profit

the long-term ABOVE-NORMAL PROFIT accruing to a monopolist. See MONOPOLY.
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26) These arguments rest largely on the theory that there is a single monopoly profit in any distribution chain.
The law and economics of de facto exclusive dealing
They may recognize that the flow of monopoly profit (or rants from previous innovative activities) exceeds the total flow of duopoly or competitors profits, and seek a settlement that maintains the monopoly outcome for both of them.
Antitrust policy toward agreements that settle patent litigation
There exists no more an argument in justice, or a moral case, against such a monopolist making a monopoly profit than there is against anyone who decides that he will work no more than he finds worth his while.
Hayek and antitrust
24) Einer Elhauge, Tying, Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit Theory, 123 Harv.
Market power without market definition
The FTC's usual concern is that by entering into these settlements the pioneer gets to keep its monopoly profit margins as a result of the cheaper generic's delayed entry in the market, and in return gives a percentage of these profits to the generic.
Reverse payment settlements in the pharmaceutical industry after Actavis
What a static model refers to as monopoly profit is better seen in a dynamic setting as an indicator of the welfare gain that was produced by the innovation that provided the market share advantage to the seller.
Profits and prosperity
If only one firm has completed the research project, the firm earns a per-period monopoly profit of [[pi].
An experimental analysis of dynamic incentives to share knowledge
Furthermore, from equations (13)-(15) we can find how changes in parameter [alpha] can affect the pricing policy of a monopoly profit maximizer.
Optimal pricing for voicemail services
As before, let the monopoly profit level be denoted by rim and the profit level associated with [P.
Potential competition in the presence of sunk entry costs: an experiment
Substituting [7] into [6], optimal monopoly profit can be expressed as:
Ultrabroadband competition from a 2-sided market perspective
V) If B = (a - c) / 2b, then the equilibrium price coincides with a monopoly price, and each firm earns half of the monopoly profit.
Limits in the labor supply market and Cournot competition
The results rule out the extreme model of collusion leading to joint monopoly profit maximization.
Entry and competition in highly concentrated banking markets

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