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A Study of Pricing Evolution in the Online Toy Market

Yang, Zhenlin; Gan, Lydia; Tang, Fang-Fang - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

We examine the pricing trends in the online toy markets by using panel data regression models with error components and serial correlation. Our results indicate that both online branch of multi-channel retailers (OBMCRS) and dotcoms charge similar prices on average, and that over time their...

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Evolution of competition in Vietnam industries over the recent economic transition

Doan, Tinh - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

Understanding the degree and evolution of competition across industries is an important step towards understanding the impact of economic reform and competition on economic growth in Vietnam during the economic transition. In this paper, the author investigates the evolution of competition in...

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Trade, Foreign direct investment, and multinational enterprises in a general equilibrium model

Koop, Michael J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997

Trade, foreign direct investment and the existence of multinational enterprises are often analyzed in separate model, which are frequently based on mutually exclusive assumptions. The paper integrates several features of international economic exchange into one general equilibrium model. This...

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Regular Adjustment. Theory and Evidence

Konieczny, Jerzy; Rumler, Fabio - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

We ask why, in many circumstances and many environments, decision-makers choose to act on a time-regular basis (e.g. adjust every six weeks) or on a stateregular basis (e.g. set prices ending in a 9), even though such an approach appears suboptimal. The paper attributes regular behaviour to...

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Firm size and Innovation in European Manufacturing

Pianta, Mario; Vaona, Andrea - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

The paper investigates the differences between small, medium-sized and large firms regarding their performance in the introduction of new products and processes. After a review of the relevant literature, two models are proposed and tested in search for different business strategies and...

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A micro-econometric approach to geographic market definition in local retail markets: Demand side considerations

Beckert, Walter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

This paper formalizes an empirically implementable framework for the definition of local antitrust markets in retail markets. This framework rests on a demand model that captures the trade-off between distance and pecuniary cost across alternative shopping destinations within local markets. The...

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Price-concentration analysis in merger cases with differentiated products

Beckert, Walter; Mazzarotto, Nicola - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

, semi-nonparametric econometric model of competition in such markets, examines its testable implications in terms of price-concentration …

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Market Concentration and Business Survival in Static v Dynamic Industries

Burke, Andrew; Hanley, Aoife - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We propose that the effect of market concentration on firm survival is different according to whether an industry is … static (low entry and exit) or dynamic. In our empirical analysis we find support for this hypothesis. Industry concentration … increase in the 5-firm concentration ratio in a dynamic market raises the survival rate of new ventures by approximately 2 …

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Imports, Pass-Through, and the Structure of Retail Markets

Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We construct a model of trade with heterogeneous retailers to examine the effects of trade liberalization on retail market structure, imports and social welfare. We are especially interested in studying the degree of pass-through of import into retail prices and the effects of retail market...

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Comparative Advantage and Skill-specific Unemployment

Larch, Mario; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We introduce unemployment and endogenous selection of workers into different skill-classes in a trade model with two sectors and heterogeneous firms. This allows us to study the distributional consequences and the skill-specific unemployment effects of trade liberalization. We show that the...

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