"Contracts as a Barrier to Entry"
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American Economic Review,
June
1987
Volume: 77
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Issue: 3
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Pages: 388-401
Publication type: Journal article
Research Archive Topic: Capital Markets and Investments, Corporate Finance
Abstract
It is shown that an incumbent seller who faces a threat of entry into his or her market will sign long-tern contracts that prevent the entry of some lower-cost producers even though they do not preclude entry completely. Moreover, when a seller possesses superior information about the likelihood of entry, it is shown that the length of the contract may act as a signal of the true probability of entry.
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