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In the early 19th century coal mining in the region of Aachen (Prussian Rhine Province) developed to an industrial scale within few decades production was mechanised and new types of industrial organization emerged that allowed for concentration on production and economies of scale. The region...
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butadiene rubber cartel case (e.g. in Trade-Stomil v Commission). Finally, the Commission dealt with a merger case with a truly …
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successful in triggering evidence by cartel participants and thus in determining the collapse of several cartels, it has not … reduced considerably the length of the cartel proceedings, which is another potential benefit of leniency programmes. In this … duration of cartel proceeding. …
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The NCAA and its member schools are a joint venture that fixes the compensation of its most important workers, the athletes, at a level that is substantially below what would otherwise occur in a competitive market. Claims of amateurism and the need for competitive balance obscure the more than...
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Proportional reduction is a common cartel practice, in which cartel members reduce their output by the same percentage … cartel. …
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common beliefs and the existing literature, that conspirators often apply for leniency long after a cartel collapses. We …
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The aim of this work is to establish the personal income distribution from the elementary constituents of a free market; products of a representative good and agents forming the economic network. The economy is treated as a self-organized system. Based on the idea that the dynamics of an economy...
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Using urban household survey data collected by National Bureau of Statistics of China from 1988-2009, this study examines the distribution, composition, and changes of capital income and its contribution to income inequality. The data shows that capital income has increased considerably in past...
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This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …
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function takes the form of cubic parabola, where the risk aversion behavior ends at the saddle point of the comprehensive … the ambiguity of the departure from risk-neutrality. This ambiguity can produce the ordinary risk seeking behavior as well … as mathematical catastrophes of Veblen-effect’s imprudence and over prudence of family altruism. The comeback to risk …
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