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over marginal theory of imperfect competition. The controversy was closed prematurely; various contributions published … analysis of competition; it is too often neglected in favour of the sole competition on margins. …
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We use data on sequential water auctions to estimate demand when units are com- plements or substitutes. A sequential English auction model determines the estimating structural equations. When units are complements, one bidder wins all units by paying a high price for the first unit, thus...
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degree of competition using the H-statistic by Panzar and Rosse (1987). The estimated H-statistics for the whole sample … periods are positive ranging from 0.38 to 0.62 and the Wald test for the market structure of monopoly or perfect competition … is rejected implying that the Islamic banks in Malaysia earned their revenue in the condition of monopolistic competition. …
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This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The econometric specification facilitates the simultaneous...
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This paper explores the connections between globalization, competition, competition policy and competitiveness. These …
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development and social welfare in relation to the present and prospective discussions on competition policy in the WTO, UNCTAD …, OECD and other fora. Although this is the immediate backdrop for an examination of competition policy in relation to … for developing countries which emerge from the theoretical and empirical analysis of competition policy and economic …
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This paper examines the main determinants of firms tax evasion and corruption in the formal industrial sector. In our model psychological morale of bureaucratic agents are important to explain corruption.It is shown that the presence of rents linked to favoritism and patronage practices is...
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There are increasing scholarly debates on the direction of policy to effectively improve the performance of banks. Some scholars argue that bank performance is enhanced by improvements in the internal organization and managerial efficiency, others argue that industry wide factors are integral to...
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query that follows is that: what exactly is the nature of competition at different stages of the domestic rice market of … possible that market operates quite competitively within one stage, whereas competition is much restricted within another stage …. Instead of analyzing competition in the entire market as a single entity, it would be appropriate to analyze competition in …
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-modal competition. To this end, we explore the southern Italian market since it is less accessible by other transport modes and thus … fares are the direct outcome of air-related competition. We show, in fact, that market power matters, depending on the level … of intra-modal competition, and that airlines apply differentiated mark-ups. Besides, consistent with the implementation …
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