@techreport{NBERw10577, title = "Why Barriers to Entry are Barriers to Understanding", author = "Dennis W. Carlton", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "10577", year = "2004", month = "June", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w10577", abstract = {This paper discusses and criticizes the usual definitions of barriers to entry. The failure of the concept of barrier to entry to incorporate a time dimension means that it is a concept that is in need of additional embellishment in order to be useful in a practical problem or for antitrust or regulatory proceedings.}, }