On MQS Regulation, Innovation and Market Coverage

University of Bologna, Italy, Department of Economics Working Paper DSE No. 575

7 Pages Posted: 16 Sep 2007

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Emanuele Bacchiega

University of Bologna - Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Luca Lambertini

University of Bologna - Department of Economics

Andrea Mantovani

Catholic University of Louvain

Date Written: Novermber 2006

Abstract

We revisit Maxwell's (1998) analysis to show that MQS regulation has no effects on the high-quality firm's incentive to adopt a more efficient technology in a vertically differentiated duopoly with fixed costs of quality improvement and full market coverage.

Keywords: MQS, vertical differentiation, market coverage

JEL Classification: L13 L51,O31

Suggested Citation

Bacchiega, Emanuele and Lambertini, Luca and Mantovani, Andrea, On MQS Regulation, Innovation and Market Coverage (Novermber 2006). University of Bologna, Italy, Department of Economics Working Paper DSE No. 575, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1014365 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1014365

Emanuele Bacchiega (Contact Author)

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Andrea Mantovani

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