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Price Competition, Innovation and Profitability: Theory and UK Evidence

Symeonidis, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper examines the effect of price competition on innovation, market structure and profitability in R … counts and profitability over 1952-77. The econometric results suggest that the introduction of restrictive practices …&D-intensive manufacturing industries, while it caused a significant rise in concentration in these industries. In the short run profitability …

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Innovating Firms and Aggregate Innovation

Klette, Tor Jakob; Kortum, Samuel S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

patenting. Furthermore, it explains why R&D as a fraction of revenues is strongly related to firm productivity yet largely …

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Ethnic Networks and International Trade

Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...

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Price Competition and Market Structure: The Impact of Cartel Policy on Concentration in the UK

Symeonidis, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

manufacturing following the abolition of cartels using a theoretical framework based on Sutton's theory of market structure and a …

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Competition and Imports in the European Market

Jacquemin, Alexis; Sapir, André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

Theoretical and empirical research suggests that import competition within European markets imposes a major constraint on domestic firms's price-cost margins. The programme for the completion of the European Community's (EC) internal market by 1992 is largely based on the effects expected from a...

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Environmental Feedbacks and Optimal Taxation in Oligopoly

Carraro, Carlo; Soubeyran, Antoine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The paper analyses the problem of optimal taxation in oligopoly when environmental degradation induced by the industry production process feeds back into market demand. The main assumption is that economic agents and the policy-maker care about the environment only because its degradation...

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International Capacity Choice and National Market Games

Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

A series of models are developed in which international trade is modelled as a two-stage game between firms in two countries. At the first stage firms choose their productive capacity. At the second stage different types of market game are played. The most interesting case is that in which firms...

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The Structure of Services in Europe: A Conceptual Framework

Sapir, André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

Thirty years ago, when the Treaty of Rome came into effect, agriculture and manufacturing dominated activity in the European Community (EC). Today, in every member state, services account for more production and employment than agriculture and manufacturing combined. The growing role of services...

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European Anti-dumping Policy and the Profitability of National and International Collusion

Vandenbussche, Hylke; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper is the first to study the effect of European antidumping policy on market structure, i.e. the incentives for firms to engage in a domestic or international cartel in a multi-stage setting. The analysis concentrates on how European antidumping policy influences the incentives for firms...

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From Thought to Practice: Appropriation and Endogenous Market Structure with Imperfect Intellectual Property Rights

Baccara, Mariagiovanna; Razin, Ronny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We address the problem faced by innovators who have an idea for a marketable product but must hire employees to bring the product to the market. Information leakage implies that newly-hired employees become informed of the idea and may attempt to bring the product to the market themselves. We...

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