’ workers. Finally, Cournot competition takes place. When two product markets become integrated, that is, replaced by a market …

and quantity competition) and also optimal regulation. Accounting for the several effects of regulation on the unregulated …

Using a general two-stage framework, this paper gives sufficient conditions for increasing competition to have negative … relatively narrow definitions of increasing competition. The paper also shows that competition is more likely to increase the … investments of leaders than those of laggards. When R&D-spillovers are strong, competition is less likely to increase investments …

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 …

collusive behaviours in favour of Stackelberg competition with the incumbent as the leader. A preliminary comparison with the UK … results, we argue that the difference can be explained by more competition between firms in the French case. …

transfer, and their implications for investment, innovation, and product market competition. The model also sheds light on the …

tighter in booms, slack increases in booms, because the power of in-house competition is reduced, while the opposite is true …