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Supply Function Equilibria: Step Functions and Continuous Representations
Holmberg, Pär; Newbery, David; Ralph, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
In most wholesale electricity markets generators must submit step-function offers of supply to a uniform price auction, and the market is cleared at the price of the most expensive offer needed to meet realised demand. Such markets can most elegantly be modelled as the pure-strategy, Nash...
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Supply Function Equilibria of Pay-as-Bid Auctions
Holmberg, Pär - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
This paper characterizes the Nash equilibrium in a pay-as-bid (discriminatory), divisible-good, procurement auction. Demand by the auctioneer is uncertain as in the supply function equilibrium model. A closed form expression is derived. Existence of an equilibrium is ensured if the hazard rate...
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Entrepreneurship and Institutions
Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
policies, taxation and the regulation of labor markets. Institutions have far-reaching effects on entrepreneurship, and they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645286
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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
In this introductory chapter to a collective volume dealing with the political economy of entrepreneurship,* we argue, based on a suggested unifying framework, that political economy is a fruitful approach to entrepreneurship. The importance of institutions in structuring such an analysis is...
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The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship
Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
We outline a politico-economic growth system centered around the entrepreneur. By defining entrepreneurs in relation to economic rents we are able to develop a more general theory comprising central aspects of research within the fields of entrepreneurship/small business, public choice and new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645430
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Institutional Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
In this introductory chapter to a collective volume,* we build on Baumol’s (1990) framework to categorize, catalog, and classify the budding research field that explores the interplay between institutions and entrepreneurship. Institutions channel entrepreneurial supply into productive or...
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FDI, Market Structure and R&D Investments in China
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; He, Ping; Qian, Jinchang - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
domestically-owned firms is through the impact on competition. We examine the effect of FDI on competition in the Chinese … manufacturing sector and the effect of competition on firms’ R&D. Our analysis is conducted on a large dataset including all Chinese … large and medium sized firms over the period 1998-2004. Our results show that FDI increases competition but there are no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645313
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A Dynamic Analysis of Entry Regulations and Productivity in Retail Trade
Maican, Florin; Orth, Matilda - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Quantifying possible inefficiencies stemming from regulation is important to both policymakers and researchers. We use …
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The Social Cost of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden
Fölster, Stefan; Peltzman, Sam - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611584
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Is the Elephant Stepping on its Trunk? The Problem of India's Unbalanced Growth
Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However, evidence suggest that basic manufacturing industry is stagnant. This paper proposes a mechanism that ties these two trends together. A big-push type of model, featuring...
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