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in tariffs, yet we find a rise in non-tariff barriers (NTBs). However, we still find dumping and few other trade … protection” as a tool of new-protectionism. Among the contingent protection measures, anti-dumping (AD) has evolved as the most … strategic behaviour. We describe the phenomenon of dumping through a price-leadership model and thereby compute the optimal …
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The report identifies concerns with the EU anti-dumping instrument, as applied today, regardless of the fact that the … the recent anti-dumping investigation – and imposition of anti-dumping measures – on imports of ceramic tiles from China …, but the observations and conclusions from the analysis are valid for most EU anti-dumping investigations. The report …
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In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government support schemes. We analyze the effects of such policies to subsidize small businesses in a setting where both the risk-return characteristics of the selected innovation project...
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In the framework Hotelling-Downs competition two players can freely choose a position along a one-dimensional market. We introduce restrictions of feasible strategies and analyze the consequences for players and consumers. In equilibrium players may minimally differentiate away from the center...
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For several years, an increasing number of firms are investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements in such a non-excludable public good cannot be appropriated, companies can benefit indirectly in a complementary proprietary segment. We study this incentive for investment in OSS. In...
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For several years, an increasing number of firms are investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements in such a non-excludable public good cannot be appropriated, companies can benefit indirectly in a complementary proprietary segment. We study this incentive for investment in OSS. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157508
The existing literature on "two-sided markets" addresses participation externalities, but so far it has neglected pecuniary externalities between competing platforms. In this paper we build a model that incorporates both externalities. In our setup differentiated platforms compete in advertising...
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The existing literature on "two-sided markets" addresses participation externalities, but so far it has neglected pecuniary externalities between competing platforms. In this paper we build a model that incorporates both externalities. In our setup differentiated platforms compete in advertising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005614485
Linear demand formulations for price competition in horizontally differentiated products are sometimes used to compare situations where additional varieties become available, e. g. due to market entry of new firms. We derive a consistent demand system to analyze such situations.
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Brazil is a country with long-standing ambitions for a major role in the world economy and in global governance, but its footprint in various measures of both remains relatively modest. On current trends, the gap between ambition and achievement will likely remain large, so we provide a critique...
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