TY  - JOUR
AU  - Carlton,Dennis W.
TI  - Why Barriers to Entry are Barriers to Understanding
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 10577
PY  - 2004
Y2  - June 2004
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10577
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w10577.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Dennis W. Carlton
Booth School of Business
University of Chicago
5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 847/217-6000
Fax: 312/322-0262
E-Mail: dennis.carlton@chicagobooth.edu
AB  - 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.
ER  -