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Increases in costs may have interesting, non-obvious effects on industry entry and exit. Three cases are possible when costs rise: the competitor neutral case, in which entry decreases and exit increases, entrant favoring, in which entry and exit both increase, and incumbent favoring, in which entry and exit both decrease. The model places restrictions on which outcomes are possible given which costs rise (marginal or fixed). The model can be used to examine the impacts of cost-increasing regulation or exogenous process innovation on industry entry and exit.
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Prieger, J.E. The Impact of Cost Changes on Industry Entry and Exit. J Econ 91, 211–243 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-007-0245-7
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