Imperfect competition and congestion in the City



d PR-∞∞g(χ)gj + χ) Q g (⅛Wk + x>

dri(wi)
dwi


- μ-j=--------7------kj-7------<0- < 0. (54)

μw PR-∞∞ h (x) h (pj-pi + x) Q H (pk-pi + x)dx
ji               4 M        k ki,j ^           7

Note that, at the symmetric equilibrium:

dPw        (n  1)  

----      =------- I g (x) G    (x) dx,i = 1...n.         (55)

dWi ISym      μw   ./ ∞                     ,

Therefore:

dri(wi)           μd Γw

(56)


------ =---T
dwi |Sym     μw γ-

where Γw = R- g2 (x) Gn-2 (x) dx and Γ- = R- h2 (x) Hn-2 (x) dx.  The

profit function is now:

πei (wi ,w-i ,p)= [ri (wi) - wi - c] NPiw - (F + S) .          (57)

B.2 Short-run equilibrium

The best reply of subcenter i is (seeing w.l.o.g. N =1)

dei(wi,w-i,P) _ d dri (wi) Λ P w ( ( }         ʌ dPw

dWi =V dWi  - 1) Pi + (ri (wi) - wi - c) dWi .

Thus, using (55) and (55) we get:

- μ~ rw + 1^ 1 + (pe - We - c) (n - 1) Γw = 0         (58)

Vw Γ-   J n   p           μw                v 7

Or:

i        i 1     μ-d   μw

pe = c+we+ nτn-!) Vr-+ H.

Note that, for the double exponential distribution Γd = Γw =1 n2 , then
we get the formula: (17), as expected. We have therefore proved the following
result:

Proposition 8 Consider a differentiated labour and product labour. with i.i.d.
preferences with density function
h (.) for the product market and g (.) for the
labour market Then, there exists a unique symmetric Nash equilibrium in prices
and wages given by:

pe = c + We +


1

n(n- 1)


μ________μ-__.__μw________ʌ

\ R-∞∞ h2 (x) H n-2 (x) dx   R∞∞ 92 (x) Gn-2 (x) dx J

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