Tying-good monopolists that extract full consumer surplus from independent sales of their tying good may, nevertheless, choose to bundle in order to induce a favorable response by their tied-market rivals. In particular, bundling may facilitate supracompetitive prices for the tied good.
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Daniel J. Seidmann (1991) studied this question.
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