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Bulow, Jeremy I.; Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

The condition for when a price control increases consumer welfare in perfect competition is tighter than often realised. When demand is linear, a small restriction on price only increases consumer surplus if the elasticity of demand exceeds the elasticity of supply; with log-linear or...

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The Pricing of Art and the Art of Pricing: Pricing Styles in the Concert Industry

Courty, Pascal; Pagliero, Mario - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We document the existence of pricing styles in the concert industry. Artists differ in the extent to which they rely on second- and third-degree price discrimination and in how likely they are to sell out concerts. Most strikingly, artists who use multiple seating categories are more likely to...

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An Equilibrium Theory of Rationing

Gilbert, Richard; Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

Setting a price that results in rationing may be optimal for a seller whose customers must make a specific investment … to be able to use his product. Although rationing results in <MI>ex post<D> inefficiency, the resulting distribution of … higher profits than with market-clearing prices. Committing to a single price, and rationing if there is excess demand, can …

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A Theory of Fairness, Competition and Cooperation

Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

There is strong evidence that people exploit their bargaining power in competitive markets but not in bilateral bargaining situations. There is also strong evidence that people exploit free-riding opportunities in voluntary cooperation games. Yet, when they are given the opportunity to punish...

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Lending Relationships in Germany: Empirical Results from Survey Data

Harhoff, Dietmar; Körting, Timm - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

We examine empirically the role of lending relationships in determining the collateral requirements, costs and availability of external funding. The data originates from a recently concluded survey of small- and medium-sized German firms. In our descriptive analysis, we explore the borrowing...

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Doctors without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this Paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...

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Demand Reduction and Pre-emptive Bidding in Multi-Unit License Auctions

Goeree, Jacob K.; Offerman, Theo; Sloof, Randolph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Multi-unit ascending auctions allow for equilibria in which bidders strategically reduce their demand and split the market at low prices. At the same time, they allow for pre-emptive bidding by incumbent bidders in a coordinated attempt to exclude entrants from the market. We consider an...

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Exclusive versus Non-exclusive Licensing Strategies and Moral Hazard

Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

An upstream firm can license its innovation to downstream firms that have to exert further development effort. There are situations in which more licenses are sold if effort is a hidden action. Moral hazard may thus increase the probability that the product will be developed.

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To Merge or to License: Implications for Competition Policy

Faulí-Oller, Ramon; Sandonís, Joel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

The optimal competition policy when licensing is an alternative to a merger, which has the intention of transferring a superior technology, and is derived in a differentiated goods duopoly, as in the cases of Cournot and Bertrand competition. We show that whenever both royalties and fixed fees...

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The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings: Lessons to be Learned from the US Residential Market for Natural Gas

Davis, Lucas W; Kilian, Lutz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Following a Supreme Court decision in 1954, natural gas markets in the U.S. were subject to 35 years of intensive federal regulation. Several studies have measured the deadweight loss from the price ceilings that were imposed during this period. This paper concentrates on an additional component...

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