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There goes gravity: how eBay reduces trade costs
Lendle, Andreas; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Schropp, Simon; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We compare the impact of distance, a standard proxy for trade costs, on eBay and offline international trade flows. We consider the same set of 62 countries and the same basket of goods for both types of transactions. We find the effect of distance to be on average 65 percent smaller on the eBay...
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Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry
Bertrand, Marianne; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
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India's De-Industrialization Under British Rule: New Ideas, New Evidence
Clingingsmith, David; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 … some decline, and India underwent secular de-industrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25% of world … about the relative role played by domestic and foreign forces in India’s de-industrialization. The construction of new …
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India's Trade Policy For Sale: How Much? Who Buys?
Cadot, Olivier; Grether, Jean-Marie; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
counter-lobbying from downstream users on endogenous protection. Applied to India, it yields results that are qualitatively …
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Retail Chain Expansion: The Early Years of McDonalds in Great Britain
Toivanen, Otto; Waterson, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Understanding the development of chainstores is important given the large GDP share of services and the continuing importance of chains in bringing these services to market. Service chains provide a puzzle because they take a long time to develop even when there are obvious expansion...
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Vertical Control of a Distribution Network - An Empirical Analysis of Magazines
Ferrari, Stijn; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
How does an upstream firm determine the size of its distribution network, and what is the role of vertical restraints? To address these questions we develop and estimate two models of outlet entry, starting from the basic trade-off between market expansion and fixed costs. In the coordinated...
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Price and Brand Competition between Differentiated Retailers: A Structural Econometric Model
Dubois, Pierre; Jodar Rosell, Sandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We develop a model of competition between retailer chains with a structural estimation of the demand and supply in the supermarket industry in France. In the model, supermarkets compete in price and brand offer over all food products to attract consumers, in particular through the share of...
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Endogenous Contracts Under Bargaining in Competing Vertical Chains
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Petrakis, Emmanuel; Vettas, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We investigate the endogenous determination of contracts in competing vertical chains where upstream and downstream firms bargain first over the type of contract and then over the contract terms. Upstream firms always opt for non-linear contracts, which specify the input quantity and its total...
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Inference on Vertical Contracts between Manufacturers and Retailers Allowing for Non Linear Pricing and Resale Price Maintenance
Bonnet, Céline; Dubois, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
A methodology is presented allowing manufacturers and retailers vertical contracting in their pricing strategies on a differentiated product market to be introduced. This contribution allows price-cost margins to be recovered from estimates of demand parameters both under linear pricing models...
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Two-Part Tariffs versus Linear Pricing Between Manufacturers and Retailers: Empirical Tests on Differentiated Products Markets
Bonnet, Céline; Dubois, Pierre; Simioni, Michel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We present a methodology allowing to introduce manufacturers and retailers vertical contracting in their pricing strategies on a differentiated product market. We consider in particular two types of non linear pricing relationships, one where resale price maintenance is used with two part...
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