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Frontiers of Economics in China

ISSN 1673-3444

ISSN 1673-3568(Online)

CN 11-5744/F

邮发代号 80-978

Frontiers of Economics in China  2012, Vol. 7 Issue (2): 246-262   https://doi.org/10.3868/s060-001-012-0011-6
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Price-Matching Guarantees and Entry Deterrence under Incomplete Information
Price-Matching Guarantees and Entry Deterrence under Incomplete Information
Liping Zhang()
School of Business, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC V2Y 1Y1, Canada
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This paper studies price-matching guarantees in a market where entrant does not have perfect information about incumbent’s cost. The low-cost incumbent can adopt price-matching guarantees as a signal to distinguish itself from the high-cost type and thus effectively deter entry. On the other hand, the high-cost incumbent can successfully fool the potential entrant under certain conditions. Compared with the equilibriums in situations where the option of offering a price guarantee is not available, the use of this instrument either makes it easier for the low-cost incumbent to signal its cost, or expands the range of parameters over which the high-cost incumbent is able to deter entry successfully.

Key wordsmatching price guarantee    entry deterrence
出版日期: 2012-06-05
Corresponding Author(s): Liping Zhang,Email:liping.zhang@twu.ca   
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. Price-Matching Guarantees and Entry Deterrence under Incomplete Information[J]. Frontiers of Economics in China, 2012, 7(2): 246-262.
Liping Zhang. Price-Matching Guarantees and Entry Deterrence under Incomplete Information. Front Econ Chin, 2012, 7(2): 246-262.
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