• Title of article

    Free entry does not imply zero profits

  • Author/Authors

    Sjaak Hurkens، نويسنده , , Nir Vulkan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    285
  • To page
    290
  • Abstract
    Traditional economic wisdom says that free entry in a market will drive profits down to zero. This paper shows that profits may remain bounded away from zero when firms have to make a negligible small investment to learn the demand.
  • Keywords
    Entry deterrence , Information acquisition
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435299