Monopolistic Competition: Beyond the Constant Elasticity of Substitution

  1. Evgeny Zhelobodko1,
  2. Sergey Kokovin2,
  3. Mathieu Parenti3,
  4. Jacques-François Thisse4,†

Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9986

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Econometrica

Econometrica

Volume 80, Issue 6, pages 2765–2784, November 2012

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Zhelobodko, E., Kokovin, S., Parenti, M. and Thisse, J.-F. (2012), Monopolistic Competition: Beyond the Constant Elasticity of Substitution. Econometrica, 80: 2765–2784. doi: 10.3982/ECTA9986

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  1. 1

    Novosibirsk State University, 630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogova 2, Russia, and National Research University Higher School of Economics, 190008, Saint-Petersburg, Ulitsa Soyuza Pechatnikov 16, Russia; ezhelobodko@gmail.com

  2. 2

    Novosibirsk State University and Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, 630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogova 2 and 4, Russia, and National Research University Higher School of Economics, 190008, Saint-Petersburg, Ulitsa Soyuza Pechatnikov 16, Russia; skokov7@gmail.com

  3. 3

    CORE-UCLouvain, 34 Voie du Roman Pays, 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, Paris School of Economics (Paris 1), 106-112 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France, and National Research University Higher School of Economics, 190008, Saint-Petersburg, Ulitsa Soyuza Pechatnikov 16, Russia; parenti.mathieu@gmail.com

  4. 4

    CORE-UCLouvain, 34 Voie du Roman Pays, 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 190008, Saint-Petersburg, Ulitsa Soyuza Pechatnikov 16, Russia, and CEPR; jacques.thisse@ucloubain.be

  1. †

    We are grateful to a co-editor and three referees for their comments and suggestions. We also thank S. Anderson, K. Behrens, M. Couttenier, S. Dhingra, E. Dinopoulos, R. Ericson, R. Feenstra, P. Fleckinger, C. Gaigné, A. Gorn, G. Grossman, J. Hamilton, E. Helpman, T. Holmes, J. Martin, F. Mayneris, G. Mion, J. Morrow, P. Neary, G. Ottaviano, P. Picard, V. Polterovich, R. Romano, O. Shepotilo, O. Skiba, D. Tarr, M. Turner, X. Vives, S. Weber, D. Weinstein, and H. Yildirim for helpful discussions and remarks. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Russian Federation under Grant 11.G34.31.0059 and the Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) under Grant 08-036.

  1. †

    We are grateful to a co-editor and three referees for their comments and suggestions. We also thank S. Anderson, K. Behrens, M. Couttenier, S. Dhingra, E. Dinopoulos, R. Ericson, R. Feenstra, P. Fleckinger, C. Gaigné, A. Gorn, G. Grossman, J. Hamilton, E. Helpman, T. Holmes, J. Martin, F. Mayneris, G. Mion, J. Morrow, P. Neary, G. Ottaviano, P. Picard, V. Polterovich, R. Romano, O. Shepotilo, O. Skiba, D. Tarr, M. Turner, X. Vives, S. Weber, D. Weinstein, and H. Yildirim for helpful discussions and remarks. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Russian Federation under Grant 11.G34.31.0059 and the Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) under Grant 08-036.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript received April, 2011; final revision received March, 2012.

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