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This paper employs a novel data set on lobbying expenditures to measure the degree of within-sector political … organization and to explore the determinants of the mode of lobbying and political organization across U.S. industries. The data … show that sectors characterized by a higher degree of competition (more substitutable products and a lower concentration of …
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This paper employs a novel data set on lobbying expenditures to measure the degree of within-sector political … organization and to explore the determinants of the mode of lobbying and political organization across U.S. industries. The data … show that sectors characterized by a higher degree of competition (more substitutable products and a lower concentration of …
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shown to be a crucial determinant of the ability of firms to sustain lobbying. It is demonstrated that a critical …
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I analyse a group contest in which groups decide over two dimensions of membership-exclusivity: whether a member is allowed to join the group at all, and whether this member is allowed to join another group as well. If the prize is mostly private, group leaders do not offer membership in...
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The U.S. and EU Merger Guidelines strongly emphasize the relevance of the "ease of entry" argument in merger evaluations. Up to now, very little is known empirically about how mergers affect entry and exit, and the resulting number of firms in the markets. We empirically test this aspect of...
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and competition is called coopetition and we study it theoretically and experimentally in a group contest setup. More …
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distribution arrangements on competition inthe Chicago beer market in 1994. A diagnostic test is provided to judge whether …
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