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Intermediaries, transport costs and interlinked transactions
Lefèvre, Mélanie; Tharakan, Joe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
mill pricing policies, as opposed to spatial price discrimination. Impact on profit, farmers' income, level of production …
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Transportation Costs and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity
Redding, Stephen J.; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multi-region model of economic geography that we use to understand the … general equilibrium implications of transportation infrastructure improvements within and between locations for wages … effects of transportation infrastructure improvements on economic development, paying particular attention to the use of …
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The growth of cities
Duranton, Gilles; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of answers. Within an integrated framework, this chapter reviews key theories with implications for urban growth. It then...
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Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012
Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavorable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanization in Britain,...
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Roads and Innovation
Agrawal, Ajay; Galasso, Alberto; Oettl, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study the interplay between transportation infrastructure, knowledge flows, and innovation. Exploiting historical … transportation infrastructure may spur regional growth above and beyond the more commonly discussed agglomeration economies that are …
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Urban Growth and Transportation
Duranton, Gilles; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We estimate the effects of major roads and public transit on the growth of major cities in the US between 1980 and 2000. We find that a 10% increase in a city’s stock of roads causes about a 2% increase in its population and employment and a small decrease in its share of poor households over...
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Bargaining under the Illusion of Transparency
Madarász, Kristóf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
An uninformed seller offers an object to a privately informed buyer. The buyer projects information and exaggerates the probability that the seller is informed. Letting the buyer bargain and name her own price raises the seller's payoff above the full-commitment payoff. Under seller-offer...
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To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda
Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean S.; McConnell, Margaret; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Pricing policy for any experience good faces a key tradeoff. On one hand, a price reduction increases immediate demand …
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Payment Evasion
Buehler, Stefan; Halbheer, Daniel; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
. Using data on fare dodging on public transportation, we quantify expected fines and payment evasion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276378
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Strategic Pricing and Entry under Universal Service and Cross-Market Price Constraints
Anton, James J; Weide, James H Vander; Vettas, Nikolaos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
In this paper, we examine how cross-market price restrictions impact strategic entry and pricing decisions. A … motivating example is the 1996 Act in the United States which opens telecommunications markets to competition and contains a …
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