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Article Dans Une Revue European Economic Review Année : 2021

Vertical integration as a source of hold-up: An experiment

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In a vertical chain in which two rivals invest before contracting with one of two competing suppliers, vertical integration can create hold-up problems for the rival. We develop an experiment to test this theoretical prediction in a setup in which suppliers can either pre commit ex ante to being greedy or degrade ex post the input they provide to their customer. Our experimental results confirm that vertical integration creates hold-up problems. However, vertical integration also generates more departures from theory, which can be explained by bounded rationality and social preferences.
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hal-03341440 , version 1 (14-09-2021)

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Marie-Laure Allain, Claire Chambolle, Patrick Rey, Sabrina Teyssier. Vertical integration as a source of hold-up: An experiment. European Economic Review, 2021, 137, pp.103783. ⟨10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103783⟩. ⟨hal-03341440⟩
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