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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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high performance alloys in terms of complementarity or substitution relationships …
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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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According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of 'dirty' goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...
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Asymmetric climate policies are expected to distort the level-playing field regarding international trade, singularly to the detriment of small open economies. The paper develops a flexible method that provides essential input regarding the design of offsetting measures. It builds on...
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When countries compete for the location of a new multinational plant they need to be aware of the profit shifting opportunities this new plant creates for the global multinational firm. By modelling explicitly the multinational's intra-firm transactions, we show that the home market advantage...
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The paper provides an equilibrium analysis of how countries compete for migrants. The type of competition (tax or … transfer competition) depends on whether the competing countries have similar policy preferences. With symmetric preferences …, countries compete in taxes for migrants. With asymmetric preferences, migration competition takes place in income support levels …
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We develop a new general equilibrium monopolistic competition model with variable demand elasticity, heterogeneous …
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Using a novel common econometric specification, we examine the measurement of three important effects in international trade that historically have been addressed largely separately: the (partial) effects on trade of economic integration agreements, national borders, and bilateral distance....
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This paper investigates the changing nature of economic integration in China. Specifically, we consider business-cycle synchronization (correlation of demand and supply shocks) among Chinese provinces during the period 1955-2007. We find that the symmetry of supply shocks has declined after the...
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