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Selling Strategic Information in Digital Competitive Markets
Bounie, David - 2018
broker therefore strategically sells partial information on consumers in order to soften competition between firms. Extending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914903
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Asymmetric Neutrality Regulation and Innovation at the Edges : Fixed vs. Mobile Networks
Choi, Jay Pil - 2014
We study how net neutrality regulations affect a high-bandwidth content provider's (CP) investment incentives in quality of services (QoS). We find that the effects crucially depend on network capacity levels. With limited capacity, as in mobile networks, prioritized delivery services are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046060
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Market Liberalization in the European Natural Gas Market - The Importance of Capacity Constraints and Efficiency Differences
Brakman, Steven; van Marrewijk, Charles; van … - 2021
industry. The general expectation is that more competition will lead to lower prices and higher volumes, and hence higher … welfare. This paper indicates that this might not happen for at least two reasons. First, energy markets, including the market … for natural gas, are characterized by imperfect competition and increasing costs to develop new energy sources. As a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316347
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Asymmetric Neutrality Regulation and Innovation at the Edges: Fixed vs. Mobile Networks
Choi, Jay Pil; Jeon, Doh-Shin; Kim, Byung-Cheol - CESifo - 2014
We study how net neutrality regulations affect a high-bandwidth content provider’s (CP) investment incentives in quality of services (QoS). We find that the effects crucially depend on network capacity levels. With limited capacity, as in mobile networks, prioritized delivery services are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948849
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A Leverage Theory of Tying in Two-Sided Markets
Choi, Jay Pil - 2016
-sided markets is profitable and explore its welfare implications. Our mechanism can be more widely applied to any markets in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980583
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Market Liberalization in the European Natural Gas Market - The Importance of Capacity Constraints and Efficiency Differences
Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van; … - CESifo - 2009
industry. The general expectation is that more competition will lead to lower prices and higher volumes, and hence higher … welfare. This paper indicates that this might not happen for at least two reasons. First, energy markets, including the market … for natural gas, are characterized by imperfect competition and increasing costs to develop new energy sources. As a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013042
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Legal Uncertainty as a Welfare Enhancing Screen
Lang, Matthias - 2016
threshold of legality is uncertain. I show that this legal uncertainty raises welfare. Legal uncertainty changes deterrence in … decreases for firms above the threshold. Hence, legal uncertainty acts as a welfare enhancing screen and increases welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977556
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Pollution Permits, Strategic Trading and Dynamic Technology Adoption
Moreno-Bromberg, Santiago; Taschini, Luca - 2021
This paper analyzes the dynamic incentives for technology adoption under a transferable permits system, which allows for strategic trading on the permit market. Initially, firms can invest both in low-emitting production technologies and trade permits. In the model, technology adoption and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316030
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Pollution Permits, Strategic Trading and Dynamic Technology Adoption
Moreno-Bromberg, Santiago; Taschini, Luca - CESifo - 2011
This paper analyzes the dynamic incentives for technology adoption under a transferable permits system, which allows for strategic trading on the permit market. Initially, firms can invest both in low-emitting production technologies and trade permits. In the model, technology adoption and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914285
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Behavioral Economics as Applied to Firms : A Primer
Armstrong, Mark - 2010
We discuss the literatures on behavioral economics, bounded rationality and experimental economics as they apply to firm behaviour in markets. Topics discussed include the impact of imitative and satisficing behavior by firms, outcomes when managers care about their position relative to peers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147795