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The Industrial Organization of Markets with Two-Sided Platforms

Evans, David S. - 2005

Two-sided platforms (2SPs) cater to two or more distinct groups of customers, facilitating value-creating interactions between them. The village market and the village matchmaker were 2SPs; eBay and Match.com are more recent examples. Other examples include payment card systems, magazines,...

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The Industrial Organization of Health Care Markets

Gaynor, Martin - 2014

The US health care sector is large and growing - health care spending in 2011 amounted to $2.7 trillion and 18% of GDP. Approximately half of health care output is allocated via markets. In this paper, we analyze the industrial organization literature on health care markets focusing on the...

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Softening competition by enhancing entry : an example from the banking industry

Bouckaert, Jan (contributor); Degryse, Hans (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance

Asker, John - 2010

An upstream manufacturer can use minimum retail price maintenance (RPM) to exclude potential competitors. RPM lets the incumbent manufacturer transfer profits to retailers. If entry is accommodated, upstream competition leads to fierce down- stream competition and the breakdown of RPM. Hence,...

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Entry, Exit, and the Determinants of Market Structure

Dunne, Timothy - 2009

Market structure is determined by the entry and exit decisions of individual producers. These decisions are driven by expectations of future profits which, in turn, depend on the nature of competition within the market. In this paper we estimate a dynamic, structural model of entry and exit in...

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Entry and Competition in Local Hospital Markets

Abraham, Jean M. - 2005

There has been considerable consolidation in the hospital industry in recent years. Over 900 deals occurred from 1994-2000, and many local markets, even in large urban areas, have been reduced to monopolies, duopolies, or triopolies. This surge in consolidation has led to concern about...

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Entry Deterrence in Hospital Procedure Markets : A Simple Model of Learning-By-Doing

Dafny, Leemore S. - 2003

hospital data on electrophysiological studies, an invasive cardiac procedure, I find evidence of entry-deterring investment in …

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Negotiating for the Market

Gans, Joshua S. - 2014

In a dynamic environment where underlying competition is "for the market," this paper examines what happens when entrants and incumbents can instead negotiate for the market. For instance, this might arise when an entrant innovator can choose to license to or be acquired by an incumbent firm;...

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Untangling Searchable and Experiential Quality Responses to Counterfeits

Qian, Yi - 2013

In this paper, we untangle the searchable and experiential dimensions of quality responses to entry by counterfeiters in emerging markets with weak intellectual property rights. Our theoretical framework analyzes the market equilibria under competition with non-deceptive counterfeiting and...

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Investment Tournaments : When Should a Rational Agent Put All Eggs in One Basket?

Schwarz, Michael - 2009

In this paper we study "investment tournaments," a class of decision problems that involve gradual allocation of … investment among several alternatives whose values are subject to exogenous shocks. The decision-maker's payoff is determined by … an early stage of the tournament in a bid to capture a larger share of employer's investment, such as mentoring …

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