The Social Costs of Monopoly: A Survey And An Evaluation

摘要

Existence of monopoly and its costs to societies have been intensely studied. However, there has been no clear view obtained yet. Studies of rentseeking approach of the public choice school even make the issue more interesting. This paper surveys from traditional Harberger’s triangleapproach of social costs of monopoly to the most recent studies and drive some conclusions from it.