Abstract
Collusive pricing by firms producing a vertically differentiated product is less likely the larger the `quality' difference between them, because, as one firm increases its investment in product quality or brand image, a low-spending rival is increasingly unlikely to adhere to a collusive arrangement. This result is robust to whether firms set prices or quantities and may explain the low occurrence of collusive pricing in advertising-intensive and R&D-intensive industries.
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