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Price and Brand Competition between Differentiated Retailers: A Structural Econometric Model
Dubois, Pierre; Jodar Rosell, Sandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We develop a model of competition between retailer chains with a structural estimation of the demand and supply in the … can serve as a differentiation tool for the retailers in order to soften price competition. They may affect the marginal … simultaneous competition game in brand offer and price between retailers to identify marginal costs. After estimation by simulated …
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Supplier Responses to Wal-Mart's Invasion in Mexico
Iacovone, Leonardo; Javorcik, Beata; Keller, Wolfgang; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines the effect of Wal-Mart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods. Guided by firm interviews that suggested substantial heterogeneity across firms in how they responded to Wal-Mart's entry, we develop a dynamic industry model in which firms decide whether...
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Retail Mergers: Buyer Power and Product Variety
Inderst, Roman; Shaffer, Greg - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper analyses the impact of retail mergers on product variety. We show that a merging firm may want to enhance its buyer power vis a vis suppliers by delisting products and committing to a ‘single-sourcing’ purchasing strategy. Anticipating this, suppliers will strategically choose to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791918
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Shopping Hours and Price Competition
Inderst, Roman; Irmen, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
. We make this point in a model of imperfect duopolistic competition. In a deregulated market retailers view the choice of … opening hours as a means to increase the degree of perceived product differentiation thus relaxing price competition. If the …
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Market Structure and Market Performance in E-Commerce
Hackl, Franz; Kummer, Michael E; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
instrumenting is particularly important for estimating the effect of competition on the markup of the price leader. …
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Buyer Power and Supplier Incentives
Inderst, Roman; Wey, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper investigates how the formation of larger buyers affects a supplier's profits and, by doing so, his incentives to undertake non-contractible activities. We first identify two channels of buyer power, which allows larger buyers to obtain discounts. We subsequently examine the effects of...
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Environmental Innovation Policy and International Competition
Carraro, Carlo; Siniscalco, Domenico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
competition, Bertrand and Cournot oligopoly) international competition forces the national government to subsidize innovation. The …
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Anti-Trust Policy and National Growth: Some Evidence from Italy
Allegra, Elisabetta; Forni, Mario; Grillo, Michele; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
downstream sectors, which often face tough international competition. Such firms lose market share, thus worsening the economic … performance of the country. We try to document the importance of this link between competition problems and growth by analysing … from competition problems perform worse in terms of net exports, export growth and output growth. …
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Industrial Policy and Competition
Aghion, Philippe; Dewatripont, Mathias; Du, Liqun; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
enterprises for the period 1998 through 2007 to test for complementarity between competition and industrial policy. A main … competition-friendly and therefore more growth-enhancing. …
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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education
Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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