incorporated. We find that tougher competition between the JV partners may actually increase channel profit under such a scheme. We …

This paper sheds light on an empirical controversy about the effect of competition on price discrimination. We … shows that whether competition has a positive or negative effect on price dispersion depends on the level of demand …

range from 5% to 10%. To measure competition directly, we apply a novel approach that estimates the impact of marginal costs … as indicator of inefficiency on either market shares or profits. Over time, competition in health insurance has increased … fall in the average level of competitive pressure. After the reform, competition continued to improve. In the non …

The lack of available prices in the Dutch life insurance industry makes competition an elusive concept that defies … direct observation. Therefore, this paper investigates competition by analysing several factors which may affect the … Xinefficiency, since severe competition would force firms to exploit available scale economies and to reduce X-inefficiencies. Both …