Why customer service is provided under vertical integration

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Consider the RPM (resale price maintenance) model of consumer service. Show that the levels of customer service that emerge in equilibrium are below the levels that would emerge under vertical integration. Explain the intuition for why more customer service is provided under vertical integration than under RPM.

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