This dissertation aims to contribute to our understanding of dynamic interaction in duopoly markets. Chapter 1 motivates the study and offers a brief overview of the results.In Chapter 2 I study the dynamic equilibrium of a market characterized by repeat purchases. Such markets exhibit two...

This dissertation explores the role of efficiency of redistributive institutions (ERI)on redistribution. The first substantive essay proposes a theoretical model to explain thelack of strong empirical evidence in favor of a positive relationship between incomeinequality and redistribution. This...

The strong complementarity between components of a system makes thecompetition in system markets qualitatively different from those in othermarkets. When there are multiple types of systems depending on thecombinations of the components, there can be several kinds of competition inone system...