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Indeterminate Output Allocations in Collusive Equilibria and Multi-plant Firms

Mitchell, Thomas - EconWPA - 1995

If n colluding oligopolists all have the cost function C(q_i) = c * q_i, then it will not be possible to uniquely allocate among the firms the monopoly output that maximizes their joint profit. Similarly, if all plants of an n-plant firm have the cost function C(q_i) = c * q_i, then it will not...

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Data Envelopment Analysis in Environmental Valuation: Environmental Performance, Eco-efficiency and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Kuosmanen, Timo; Kortelainen, Mika - EconWPA - 2004

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a linear programming based method for evaluating performance of comparable production units such as firms. Although the method is already extensively applied in many areas of economics, its use in environmental economics and related fields remains limited. The...

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The Economic Cost of the U.S. Health Care System

Adari, Johnson - EconWPA - 2005

precursor to intersystem competition that will yield better quality and efficiency thus lowering the cost of health care in the …

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Rules of Origin under the Australia–New Zealand CER Trade Agreement

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were referred to the Commission for examination and report by May 2004. The request stemmed from concerns that Australian and New Zealand firms were having difficulty achieving the...

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What Drives Trade-related R&D Spillovers? Decomposing Knowledge- diffusing Trade Flows

Bitzer, Jürgen; Geishecker, Ingo - EconWPA - 2005

penetration, we find that potential positive spillovers are dominated by negative competition effects. This, however, masks the …

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Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The terms of reference for this public inquiry into the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 asked the Commission to look at how effective the Act had been been in achieving its objectives, and to assess the costs and benefits of the Act. In its final assessment, the Commission identified ways in...

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Railway Competition: Options for the Russian Federation

Pittman, Russell - EconWPA - 2001

implementation and for protecting shippers via geographic ("source") competition. …

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Ownership Structure of Cable Networks and Competition in Local Access

Brito, Duarte; Pereira, Pedro - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper, we discuss the role of cable television networks and their ownership structure in promoting competition …. Second, we argue that separate ownership of the two networks is important to promote competition in local access. …

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Restructuring the Polish Railway for Competition

Ordover, Janusz; Pittman, Russell - EconWPA - 2001

Railway, PKP, that would improve the efficiency of the railroad while creating some form of competition in order to prevent … monopoly pricing. Traditional intramodal competition is unlikely to be feasible in the foreseeable future, and for the most … important commodities carried by PKP, intermodal competition is not important. A proposal under discussion is to separate the …

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Sales and Promotions: A More General Model

Hann, Il-Horn; Hui, Kai-Lung; Lee, Sang-Yong Tom; Png, … - EconWPA - 2005

We embed the Varian (1980) model in a broader setting that considers how switcher/loyal customer segments are determined. Generally, customer acquisition is deterministic while pricing is randomized. The equilibrium outcome depends on the timing of customer acquisition relative to pricing. If...

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