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International Price Dispersion and Market Segmentation in Japan and the United States : Theory and Empirics
Fung, K.C.; Garcia-Herrero, Alicia; Ng, Francis - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This paper focuses on the pricing behavior of Japanese and United States firms selling their identical products in New York City, Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. The authors utilize some simple models of international price dispersion and market segmentation that generate predictions about testable...
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Optimal Collusion with Internal Contracting
Lee, Gea M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
In this paper, we develop a model of collusion in which two firms play an infinitelyrepeated Bertrand game when each firm has a privately-informed agent. The colluding firms, fixing prices, allocate market shares based on the agents information as to cost types. We emphasize that the presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363625
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Delegation and Emission Tax in a Differentiated Oligopoly
Pal, Rupayan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper examines how product differentiation as well as strategic managerial delegation affects optimal emission tax rate, environmental damage and social welfare, under alternative modes of product market competition. It shows that, under pure profit maximization, the (positive) optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365041
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PRINCIPLES OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Boadway, Robin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper summarizes the procedure for the economic evaluation of government projects and policy reforms. It begins with the social welfare function underpinnings of cost-benefit analysis including the role of distributive weights and the choice of numeraire. It then turns to the conduct of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365232
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Technology Adoption in a Differentiated Duopoly - Cournot versus Bertrand
Pal, Rupayan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper compares equilibrium technology adoption in a differentiated duopoly under two alternative modes of product market competition, Cournot and Bertrand. It shows that the cost of technology has differential impact on technology adoption, that is, on cost-efficiency of the industry, under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365351
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Does partial privatization improve the environment?
Pal, Rupayan; Saha, Bibhas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper shows that, in case of differentiated products mixed duopoly, environmental damage increases (decreases) with the level of privatization, if the level of privatization is less (more) than certain level. It also shows that partial privatization is optimal from the social welfare point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365368
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Implications of an RP-US FTA on the Philippine Financial Services Industry and the Philippine Economy
Calderon-Kabigting, Leila; Patiu, Liberty S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper discusses financial liberalization in the context of a proposed RP-US FTA. It discusses the state of the financial industry, in general, and also reviewed the US-Chile and US-Singapore FTAs to be able to arrive at the proposed provisions for the RPUS FTA. It also tackles the reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365441
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A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Anson, José; Boffa, Mauro; Helble, Matthias - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution of the past 3 decades has transformed the world into an integrated marketplace. Today, producers and consumers alike are able to compare the prices of local businesses and worldwide sellers. For an increasing number of tradable goods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857580
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A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Anson, José; Boffa, Mauro; Helble, Matthias - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution of the past 3 decades has transformed the world into an integrated marketplace. Today, producers and consumers alike are able to compare the prices of local businesses and worldwide sellers. For an increasing number of tradable goods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857584
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Asian Monetary Integration : A Japanese Perspective
Kawai, Masahiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper discusses Japan’s strategy for Asian monetary integration. It argues that Japan faces three major policy … a leadership role in this endeavor. There is no question that Japan and the PRC are such potential leaders, and the two … monetary zone in Asia, Japan needs to make significant efforts at the national and regional levels and further strengthen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278016