英文摘要 |
This article uses Fershtman-Gandal model and TFTC (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission) data to investigate the flour cartel case. The empirical evidences indicate that collusion indeed exists in the flour industry. Besides, the expenses of overinvestment increase flour firm’s total production cost. Thus, the collusive equilibrium profits are even lower than the noon-cooperative Cournot equilibrium profits. The firms are better off not colluding. |