Monopoly Innovation and Welfare Effects

30 Pages Posted: 18 Dec 2010

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Shuntian Yao

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Centre for Research in Financial Services (CREFS)

Lydia L. Gan

University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Medical Tourism Research Center

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Date Written: 2010

Abstract

In this paper we study the welfare effect of a monopoly innovation. Unlike many partial equilibrium models carried out in previous studies, general equilibrium models with non-price-taking behavior are constructed and analyzed in greater detail. We discover that technical innovation carried out by a monopolist could significantly increase the social welfare. We conclude that, in general, the criticism against monopoly innovation based on its increased deadweight loss is less accurate than previously postulated by many studies.

Keywords: Monopoly, social welfare, technical innovation, general equilibrium

JEL Classification: D50, D60

Suggested Citation

Yao, Shuntian and Gan, Lydia L. and Gan, Lydia L., Monopoly Innovation and Welfare Effects (2010). Economics Discussion Paper No. 2010-10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1726766 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1726766

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