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A treatment effect method for merger analysis with an application to parking prices in Paris
Choné, Philippe; Linnemer, Laurent - 2010
Most retrospective merger studies resort to the treatment effect approach, comparing the price dynamics in a treatment group and in a control group. We propose a systematic method to construct the groups, which applies to any industry with spatial competition. The method is consistent with the...
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Double marginalization and vertical integration
Choné, Philippe; Linnemer, Laurent; Vergé, Thibaud - 2021
Asymmetric information in procurement entails double marginalization. The phenomenon is most severe when the buyer has all the bargaining power at the production stage, while it vanishes when the buyer and suppliers' weights are balanced. Vertical integration eliminates double marginalization...
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Experience, innovation and productivity : empirical evidence from Italy's slowdown
Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - 2010
We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …
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