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Relational Warm Glow and Giving in Social Groups

Scharf, Kimberley; Smith, Sarah - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …

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Direct and Indirect Network Effects are Equivalent: A Comment on “Direct and Indirect Network Effects: Are They Equivalent?”

Church, Jeffrey; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

do not, in the case of indirect network effects, make standardization more likely, but (ii) indirect network effects are … associated with excessive standardization. We show in Clements’ framework that neither of these results are correct …: standardization is more likely as the number of software firms increases and when the type of market equilibrium is unique— there are …

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Legal Evolution, Contract Evolution, and Standardization

Gennaioli, Nicola; Perotti, Enrico C; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

law matures. Contract standardization avoids this cost, statically improving enforcement; but it crowds out innovative …

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Network Effects, Standardization, and the Internet: What Have We Learned From The DVD Vs. DIVX Battle?

Dranove, David; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

standardization, that is, left alone the market may fail to achieve standardization when it is socially desirable and (2) even if the …

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The Rules of Standard Setting Organizations: An Empirical Analysis

Chiao, Benjamin; Lerner, Josh; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper empirically explores standard-setting organizations’ policy choices. Consistent with Lerner-Tirole (2006), we find (a) a negative relationship between the extent to which an SSO is oriented to technology sponsors and the concession level required of sponsors and (b) a positive...

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Product Quality and Worker Quality

Abowd, John M; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

We study the relation between product quality and worker quality using an economic model that, under certain conditions, provides a direct link between product price, product quality and work-force quality. Our measures of product quality are the evolution in the detailed product price relative...

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Global versus Local Competition

Legros, Patrick; Stahl, Konrad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We analyse the impact of increased outside opportunities brought to consumers by access to a global market on local market performance under monopoly versus oligopoly. If consumers have to choose once where to shop we show that under all forms of organizing the local market, increased...

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Financial Frictions, Product Quality, and International Trade

Crinò, Rosario; Ogliari, Laura - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

An influential literature has documented large differences across countries and industries in terms of product quality. It is important to understand the determinants of these differences, because the production of high-quality goods influences key aspects of economic performance. In this paper,...

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Export Destinations and Input Prices

Bastos, Paulo; Silva, Joana; Verhoogen, Eric A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper examines the extent to which the destination of exports matters for the input prices paid by firms, using detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. We use exchange-rate movements as a source of variation in export destinations and find that exporting to richer...

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A Quantitative Analysis of the Retail Market for Illicit Drugs

Galenianos, Manolis; Gavazza, Alessandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We develop a theoretical framework to study illicit drugs markets and we estimate it using data on purchases of crack cocaine. Buyers are searching for high-quality drugs, but they determine drugs' quality (i.e., their purity) only after consuming them. Hence, sellers can rip off first-time...

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