@article{Bruttel2018, author = {Bruttel, Lisa Verena}, title = {The Limits of Buyer Power}, series = {Review of Behavioral Economics}, volume = {5}, journal = {Review of Behavioral Economics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Now Publishers inc.}, address = {Hannover}, issn = {2326-6198}, doi = {10.1561/105.00000082}, pages = {149 -- 167}, year = {2018}, abstract = {This paper studies the behavior of buyers confronting an incumbent monopolist and a potential market entrant in a repeated trade situation. In the experiment, buyers have two possibilities to demand lower prices in future trade periods. First, they can withhold demand. Second, they can voluntarily pay a higher price to the entrant in order to encourage future re-entry. Both these forms of buyer behavior occur in the experiment. They are less frequent when the number of buyers is large as opposed to small. A control treatment tests to what extent such behavior can be attributed to strategic motives.}, language = {en} }