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Bilateral Oligopoly
Björnerstedt, Jonas; Stennek, Johan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
interdependent Rubinstein-Ståhl negotiations. The outcome has a simple characterization (a Nash equilibrium in Nash bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419526
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Immediate Agreement in Interdependent Bilateral Bargaining
Björnerstedt, Jonas; Stennek, Johan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
bargaining. The model is suggested by Björnerstedt and Stennek (2006) as a work horse for studying bilateral oligopoly. The key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771098
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Merger Control and Enterprise Competitiveness - Empirical Analysis and Policy Recommendations.
Stennek, J.; Verboven, F. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
This report studies the importance of efficiency gains from horizontal mergers. A general theme throughout this report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670113
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Merger Control and Enterprise Competitiveness - Empirical Analysis and Policy Recommendations
Stennek, Johan; Verboven, Frank - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
This report studies the importance of efficiency gains from horizontal mergers. A general theme throughout this report … analysis. The first chapter considers the presence of efficiencies from mergers, with a focus on economies of scale. The second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645361
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Efficiency Gains from Mergers
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Stennek, Johan; Verboven, Frank - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
account efficiency gains from horizontal mergers, and balance these gains against the anti-competitive effects of mergers? If … both theoretical and empirical studies of mergers and merger control. Next, we review the current legal practice in seven …-by-case basis, we construct an information-economising two-stage decision framework for evaluating mergers. In a first stage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419501
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Privatization and Restructuring in Concentrated Markets
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
This paper examines the restructuring of state assets in markets deregulated by privatizations and investment liberalizations. We show that the government has a stronger incentive to restructure than the buyer: A firm restructuring only takes into account how much its own profit will increase....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645287
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Endogenous Asset Ownership Structures in Deregulated Markets
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
This paper determines the equilibrium ownership structure in an emerging market deregulated by privatization and investment liberalization. It is shown that bidding competition in the privatization stage is necessary but not sufficient for reaching an efficient equilibrium market structure....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645301
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Strategic Interaction vs. Regulatory Compliance among Regulated Utilities: The Swedish Water Sector
Lundin, Erik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
This study provides the first empirical test of strategic interactions in the pricing decisions of regulated utilities. Since publicly owned water utilities in Sweden are governed by a cost-of-service regulation, prices in neighboring municipalities should not affect the own price other than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818389
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Network Neutrality and Network Management Regulation: Quality of Service, Price Discrimination, and Exclusive Contracts
Economides, Nicholas; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
We compare four approaches to network neutrality and network management regulation in a two-sided market model: (i) no variations in Quality of Service and no price discrimination; (ii) variations in Quality of Service but no price discrimination; (iii) variations in Quality of Service and price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818542
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Efficiency and the Provision of Open Platforms
Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
Private firms may not have efficient incentives to allow third-party producers to access their platform or develop extensions for their products. Based on a two-sided market model, I discuss two reasons for why. First, a private firm may not be able to internalize all benefits from cross-group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005041086