Oligopoly

• Quality competition versus uninsurance in health care markets (E. Gal-Or). Localized and non-localized competition in the presence of consumer lock-in (B. Banerjee, D. Kovernock). Customer search and market power: some laboratory evidence (T. Cason, D. Friedman). Executive compensation in oligopolies: sales, profits and pay (M.C. Chopin). Promises to match or beat the competition: evidence from retail tire prices (M. Arbatskaya et al.). Equilibrium price distributions in an asymmetric duopoly (E.L. Golding, S. Slutsky). Welfare and political support effects of quotas in an oligopolistic market (H. Haller, R. Milam). Arm's-length transfer pricing and national welfare (T.A. Gresik). Financial structure in oligopoly: theory and empirical evidence from Korea (Kiwoong Cheong, Sanghack Lee). Price dispersion in a simultaneous move Salop-Stiglitz search model without rationing (E.L. Golding, S. Slutsky). Incentive contracts and advertising in oligopoly (Jae-Woo Lee).

Eleven papers present applied research on oligopoly. ...Papers explore whether there is a tradeoff between extended health care coverage of the population and the average quality offered by health care providers. Journal of Economic Literature