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The effect of credit rationing on the shape of the competition-innovation relationship

Bena, Jan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

incentive effect of competition on innovation and the effect competition has on the degree of credit rationing. I find that the … levels of competition. These predictions are supported by empirical evidence: The competition-innovation relationship has an … developed financial systems. Innovation-enhancing policies implemented through competition reforms ought to be complemented by …

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Medicines in parallel trade in the European Union: a gravity specification

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Kanavos, Panos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

the regulation of and competition in the distribution chain in the countries of origin and destination. The paper draws on … group (statins) for which there is no generic competition. The study reveals that although parallel trade is a specific form …

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Motivation and sorting in open source software innovation

Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed …

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Inferring conduct under the threat of entry: the case of the Brazilian cement industry

Salvo, Alberto - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper demonstrates that when an industry faces potential entry and this threat of entry constrains pre-entry prices, cost and conduct are not identified from the comparative statics of equilibrium. In such a setting, the identifying assumption behind the well-established technique of...

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Product differentiation, uncertainty and the stability of collusion

Raith, Michael A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996

The conventional view that product heterogeneity limits the scope for collusion among oligolpolists has been challenged in recent theoretical work. This paper provides an argument in support of the conventional view by emphasising the role of uncertainty. I introduce the idea that, with...

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Sales and collusion in a market with storage

Nava, Francesco; Schiraldi, Pasquale - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

fluctuations. The analysis is carried out in the context of a simple repeated price competition model, and establishes that firms …

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Sales and collusion in a market with storage

Nava, Francesco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Sales are a widespread and well-known phenomenon that has been documented in several product markets. Regularities in such periodic price reductions appear to suggest that the phenomenon cannot be entirely attributed to random variations in supply, demand, or the aggregate price level. Certain...

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Convergence of firm-level productivity, globalisation, information technology and competition: evidence from France

Chevalier, Paul-Antoine; Lecat, Rémy; Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

stylised facts are considered: globalisation, information technology, and competition. Globalisation and information technology … may have benefited the most productive firms more and the growth of competition may at the same time have stimulated the …

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Productivity convergence and foreign ownership at the establishment level

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Simpson, Helen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at the establishment level. We find convergence to the frontier is statistically and quantitatively important, suggesting the existence of technology spillovers. Foreign...

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The impact of competition on management quality: evidence from public hospitals

Bloom, Nick; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … survival rates from emergency heart attack admissions (AMI). More importantly, we find that higher competition (as indicated by …

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