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Tariff-Mediated Network Effects versus Strategic Discounting: Evidence from German Mobile Telecommunications
Zucchini, Leon; Claussen, Jörg; Trüg, Moritz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Mobile telecommunication operators routinely charge subscribers lower prices for calls on their own network than for calls to other networks (on-net discounts). Studies on tariff-mediated network effects suggest this is due to large operators using on-net discounts to damage smaller rivals....
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A note on the adverse effect of competition on consumers
Dinda, Soumyananda; Mukherjee, Arijit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
It is usually believed that higher competition, implying more active firms, benefits consumers. We show that this may …
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Competition policy and development: key issues for developing countries – a briefing
Singh, Ajit; Dhumale, Rahul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
development and social welfare in relation to the present and prospective discussions on competition policy in the WTO, UNCTAD …, OECD and other fora. Although this is the immediate backdrop for an examination of competition policy in relation to … for developing countries which emerge from the theoretical and empirical analysis of competition policy and economic …
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Foreign Entry and Heterogeneous Growth of Firms: Do We Observe “Creative Destruction” in China?
Deng, Paul; Jefferson, Gary - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We adopt the framework of Schumpeterian creative destruction formalized by Aghion et al. (2009) to analyze the impact of foreign entry on the productivity growth of domestic firms. In the face of foreign entry, domestic firms exhibit heterogeneous patterns of growth depending on their...
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Product Market Predatory Threats and the Use of Performance-sensitive Debt
Kjenstad, Einar; Su, Xunhua - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We use a variant of the Hotelling (1929) model to illustrate that, when a firm faces hard payment constraint(s), financially strong rivals may adopt predatory strategies to drive the firm out of the product market and hence to obtain extra profit from enhanced market power later on. Predation is...
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Tax-paying for Fun and Profit
Kunstadt, Robert; Maggioni, Ilaria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Modern advances give us the ability to re-engineer the taxation system to benefit from computerized automation and the insights of modern psychology. People like to do things that bring a tangible reward. Tax-paying should be made FUN, not a chore. You will want to participate if you perceive a...
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Classical competition and regulating capital: theory and empirical evidence
Tsoulfidis, Lefteris; Tsaliki, Persefoni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Abstract In this article we discuss the salient features of the classical and neoclassical theories of competition and …
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Selection into skill accumulation: evidence using observational and experimental data
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Gangadharan, Lata; Maitra, Pushkar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper combines unique survey and experimental data to examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational training program. Women residing in selected disadvantaged areas in New Delhi, India were invited to apply for a 6-month long free training program in stitching and tailoring....
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Knock-on effect of non-manufacturing regulation on manufacturing sectors efficiency and productivity
Fioramanti, Marco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Since the mid of nineties European countries are registering an anemic growth of economic activity, in large part due to the dynamic of productivity. In 2010 the European Council adopted a new Agenda, Euro2020, which aim is to boost growth also improving European competitiveness. Regulation is...
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The product life cycle of durable goods
Kaldasch, Joachim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
diffusion, even when the price is constant. In the latter case the mutual competition between the brands leads with time to a … Gibrat's rule of proportionate growth is a direct consequence of the competition between the brands. The model allows a … derivation of the lognormal size distribution of product sales and the logistic replacement of durables in competition. A …
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