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Reciprocity and learning effects in price competition
Nese, Annamaria; O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Sbriglia, Patrizia - 2023
One disputed topic in Organization and Management economics is how leadership and collusive agreements are set and maintained in industries where firms are characterised by similar technological opportunities and structures. This topic is particularly important to analyse online and digital...
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When the baby cries at night : inelastic buyers in non-competitive markets
Calzolari, Giacomo; Ichino, Andrea; Manaresi, Francesco; … - 2014
We investigate empirically how sellers react to changes in the population of their consumers, identifying the effects of demand composition and demand size with limited information on costs. We show how pharmacists in Italy selectively increase the price of some products when they observe in...
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The economics of college sports : cartel behavior vs. amateurism
Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2006
This paper studies intercollegiate athletics in the context of the theory of cartels. Some point to explicit attempts … evidence of cartel behavior. Others argue that such limits enhance product quality by preserving amateurism. I find that the … contributions, state appropriations, and additional student applications. -- cartel ; monopsony ; college athletics …
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Kingpin approaches to fighting crime and community violence : evidence from Mexico's drug war
Lindo, Jason M.; Padilla-Romo, María - 2015
This study considers the effects of the kingpin strategy, an approach to fighting organized crime in which law-enforcement efforts focus on capturing the leaders of the criminal organization, on community violence in the context of Mexico's drug war. Newly available historical data on...
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In absolute or relative terms? : how framing prices affects the consumer price sensitivity of health plan choice
Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...
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Revolutionary effects of new information technologies
Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor) - 2005
In markets with imperfect information and heterogeneity, the information technology affects the rate at which agents meet, which in turn affects the distribution of production technologies across firms. We show that in models for such markets there are typically multiple equilibria because...
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Revitalising the Silk Road : evidence from railway infrastructure investments in Northwest China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2022
China’s Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013 to revitalise the Silk Road and promote economic development and integration. This paper investigates the economic effects of the opening of the only high-speed rail (HSR) line in northwest China which connects China’s northwestern...
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High-speed railways and firms total factor productivity : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Bottasso, Anna; Conti, Maurizio; Ferrara, Antonella Rita; … - 2023
The focus of this study is to assess the causal impact of the connection of a local area to a high-speed rail network (HSR) on firms' total factor productivity (TFP). The quasi-random location of the HSR station in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia is exploited in a Difference-in Differences...
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The measurement of racial discrimination in pay between job categories : theory and test
Bodvarsson, Örn B. (contributor);  … - 2008
The traditional model of taste discrimination in labor markets presumes perfect substitution, making it unsuitable for the measurement of discrimination across job assignments. We extend the model to explain cross-assignment discrimination and test it on data from Major League Baseball. A...
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Unemployment dynamics and the cost of business cycles
Hairault, Jean-Olivier (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a reduced-form model of the labor market, we show that job finding rate fluctuations generate intrinsically a non-linear effect on unemployment: positive shocks reduce...
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