We analyze an oligopoly model in which differentiated criminal organizations globally compete on criminal activities …

This paper examines if international trade can reduce total welfare in an international oligopoly with differentiated … competition we show that trade may reduce welfare compared to autarchy, if firms produce sufficiently close substitutes and the …

. Conditions under which strategies are substitutes are identified for a two-stage game with supply function competition and …

We show that, in the case when innovations are for sale, increased product market competition, captured by reduced … the bidding competition for the innovation and by increasing the relative profitability of being the most efficient firm … in the industry. Moreover, it is shown that increased intensity of competition can increase the relative profitability of …

ownership and competition appear to be about equally important for the consequences of public sector outsourcing. …