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El diagnóstico de poder de mercado en Economía Industrial: Una revisión de la literatura empírica española del siglo XX

Huergo, Elena - EconWPA - 2005

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Competition in B2C eCommerce: Analytical Issues and Empirical Evidence

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This paper questions the widely held view that B2C eCommerce markets are characterised by a high intensity of competition, using a mixture of theoretical arguments and empirical evidence. We discuss two hypothesis and survey empirical studies which test them. We argue that the goods sold in B2C...

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Atallah, Gamal - EconWPA - 2000

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A Proposal to Promote Local Competition: The LoopCo Plan

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Palma, Nuno Pedro Gonçalves - EconWPA - 2004

This paper presents a dynamic partial equilibrium model that endogenizes firms' investment decision on innovation: product innovation causes horizontal expansion growth, and process innovation causes vertical expansion growth. Market structure in different markets emerges as a consequence of...

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B2C eCommerce Strategy and Market Structure: The Survey Based Approach

Schmitz, Stefan W.; Sint, Peter Paul - EconWPA - 2003

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Comment of Nicholas S. Economides on the Revised Proposed Final Judgment in United States v. Microsoft, January 22, 2002

Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004

Comment of Nicholas S. Economides on the Revised Proposed Final Judgment in United States v. Microsoft

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