From Entry Barriers to Mobility Barriers: Conjectural Decisions and Contrived Deterrence to New Competition*

1977/05/01 by R. E. Caves, Richard E. Caves, M. E. Porter +1 · 2,033 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Barriers to entry #Competition (biology) #Deterrence (psychology) #Deterrence theory #Economics #Global trade and economics #Industrial organization #Law #Law and economics #Merger and Competition Analysis #Political science #Politics, Economics, and Education Policy #Sociology

paper · doi:10.2307/1885416

published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics 91(2), 241 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

I. Interdependence and conjecture in entry, 242.—II. Barriers to mobility, 249.—III. Diversification by established firms and intergroup mobility, 257.—IV. Conclusion, 261.

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