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We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly unequal country, South Africa. Using six waves of a consumer survey of over 134,000 individuals between 2009-2014, we estimate a discrete-choice model allowing for...
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sufficient investment is left after mergers to further develop firms' internal drug development capability. We evaluate the …
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subsidies complied with EU state aid rules, both in terms of effectiveness and competition. …
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Tracking online user behavior is essential for targeted advertising and is at the heart of the business model of major online platforms. We analyze tracker-specific web browsing data to show how the prediction quality of consumer profiles varies with data size and scope. We find decreasing...
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Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms’ innovation by using a large sample of manufacturing firms from China. We use two firm-level...
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We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly unequal country, South Africa. Using six waves of a consumer survey of over 134,000 individuals between 2009-2014, we estimate a discrete-choice model allowing for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052809
We analyze competition between data intermediaries collecting information on consumers, which they sell to firms for … price discrimination purposes. We show that competition between data intermediaries benefits consumers by increasing … competition between firms, and by reducing the amount of consumer data collected. We argue that merger policy guidelines should …
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This paper empirically investigates the advertising competition in the French broadcast television industry within a … oligopoly competition and identify the shape and magnitude of the feedback loop between TV viewers and advertisers. We also … implement a simple procedure to identify the conduct of firms on the market. We find that the nature of competition in the …
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Using data from the U.S. automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … this an interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over … patenting, and the relationship is reasonably non-linear; (2) higher market-wide competition results in an increase in patenting …
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competition by a competitive fringe that produces low quality. We show that the brand manufacturer optimally provides a decoy good …
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