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Excess capacity: a note
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Excess capacity: a note

Sougata Poddar
Keio economic studies, Vol.40(1), pp.75-83
01/01/2003

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In a two period model of strategic entry deterrence where the incumbent firm moves before the entrant by installing capacity for production, Dixit (1980) argued that in a (perfect) equilibrium excess capacity would not be observed, contradicting Spence's (1977) result on the same issue. In this note, we show that Dixit's result may not always remain true when we allow for demand uncertainty. Reprinted by permission of Keio Economic Society
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