Exclusive Dealing: The Interaction between Foreclosure and Investment Promotion

39 Pages Posted: 7 Apr 2009

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Chiara Fumagalli

Bocconi University - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Massimo Motta

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Thomas Rønde

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics; Center for Economic and Business Research (CEBR); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: March 2009

Abstract

This paper studies a model where exclusive dealing (ED) can both promote investment and foreclose a more efficient supplier. While investment promotion is usually regarded as a pro-competitive effect of ED, our paper shows that it may be the very reason why a contract that forecloses a more efficient supplier is signed. Absent the effect on investment, the contract would not be signed and foreclosure would not be a concern. For this reason, considering potential foreclosure and investment promotion in isolation and then summing them up may not be a suitable approach to assess the net effect of ED. The paper therefore invites a more cautious attitude towards accepting possible investment promotion arguments as a defence for ED.

Keywords: Monopolization practices, Vertical agreements

JEL Classification: L12, L40, L42

Suggested Citation

Fumagalli, Chiara and Motta, Massimo and Rønde, Thomas, Exclusive Dealing: The Interaction between Foreclosure and Investment Promotion (March 2009). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7240, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1372560

Chiara Fumagalli

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Universitat Pompeu Fabra ( email )

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Thomas Rønde

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