The Rise of Dominant Firms: The Role of Chance

The principal explanations in the existing economics literature for the formation of concentrated markets are intellectual property-related entry barriers, economies of scale, and network effects. In each of these explanations, a few firms have an inherent advantage, allowing them to maintain their...

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Main Authors: Saha Atanu, Havenner Arthur, Rauschenbach Sonya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-12-01
Series:Open Economics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/openec-2019-0008