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Microeconomic Evidence of Creative Destruction in Industrial and Developing Countries
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
time effects. All countries display a massive reallocation of resources, with the entry and exit of many firms in all … market contestability. There are also large differences across groups of countries. While entry and exit rates are fairly … similar across industrial countries, post entry performance differs markedly between Europe and the U.S., a potential …
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Modelling Entrepreneurship
Bosma, Niels; Wit, Gerrit de; Carree, Martin - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
by both high entry and high exit rates. …
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Do Auctions and Forced Divestitures increase Competition?
Soetevent, Adriaan R.; Haan, Marco A.; Heijnen, Pim - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
This discussion paper resulted in an article in the 'Journal of Industrial Economics' (2014). Volume 62, issue 3, pages 467-502.<P> Where markets are insufficiently competitive, governments can intervene by auctioninglicenses to operate or by forcing divestitures. The Dutch government has...</p>
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Homevoters vs. Leasevoters: A Spatial Analysis of Airport Effects
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Maennig, Wolfgang - CESifo - 2013
We use a public referendum on a new air traffic concept in Berlin, Germany as a natural experiment to analyze how the interaction of tenure and capitalization effects shapes the outcome of direct democracy processes. We distinguish between homevoters, i.e., voters who are homeowners, and...
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Fly or Cry: Is Airport Noise Costly?
Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2009
Airport noise is costly. Airport location is typically associated with lower property prices. Airport expansion often sparks protests by local residents. In this paper, I provide new evidence on the costs of airport-related noise (and other disamenities of airports) for individuals. In contrast...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029263
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Controlling Product Risks when Consumers are Heterogeneously Overconfident: Producer Liability vs. Minimum Quality Standard Regulation
Baniak, Andrzej; Grajzl, Peter - CESifo - 2014
Contributing to the literature on the consequences of behavioral biases for market outcomes and institutional design, we contrast producer liability and minimum quality standard regulation as alternative means of social control of product-related torts when consumers are heterogeneously...
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A Probability Approach to Pharmaceutical Demand and Price Setting: Does the Identity of the Third-Party Payer Mattersfor Prescribing Doctors?
Dalen, Dag Morten; Locatelli, Marilena; Sorisio, Enrico; … - CESifo - 2011
TNF-alpha inhibitors represent one of the most important areas of biopharmaceuticals by sales, with three blockbusters accounting for 8 per cent of total pharmaceutical sale in Norway. Novelty of the paper is to examine, with the use of a unique natural policy experiment in Norway, to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371358
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Choosing among Competing Blockbusters: Does the Identity of the Third-Party Payer Matter for Prescribing Doctors?
Dalen, Dag Morten; Sorisio, Enrico; Strøm, Steinar - CESifo - 2010
TNF-alpha inhibitors represent one of the most important areas of biopharmaceuticals by sales, with three blockbusters accounting for 8 % of total pharmaceutical sale in Norway. With use of a unique natural policy experiment in Norway, this paper examines to what extent the identity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727300
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Health Insurance and Diversity of Treatment: A Policy Mix Perspective
Bardey, David; Jullien, Bruno; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie - CESifo - 2013
depart from maximal cost-containment to promote entry. We then analyse the determinants of the optimal policy. While an … increase in risk aversion or in the side effect loss increases diversity and decreases the copayment rate, an increase in entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610086
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Early Mover Advantages
Bijwaard, Govert E.; Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Maasland, Emiel - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
. Another important determining factor is the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index at the moment of entry: it is significantly easier to …
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