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deregulation increases training incidence. -- training ; product market competition ; Europe …
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We use panel data on 36,104 municipalities in metropolitan France over the period 2010-2014 to estimate two models of entry into local markets by: (i) alternative operators using wholesale access to the legacy copper network via local loop unbundling (LLU), and (ii) the incumbent and two...
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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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explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …
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We show that competing firms relax overall competition by lowering future barriers to entry. We illustrate our findings …-period profits. This dampens competition for serving the first-period market. …
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The U.S. and EU Merger Guidelines strongly emphasize the relevance of the "ease of entry" argument in merger evaluations. Up to now, very little is known empirically about how mergers affect entry and exit, and the resulting number of firms in the markets. We empirically test this aspect of...
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experience entry and other do not. In all pre-entry markets competition is more intense. Post-entry behavior in all markets is …
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-dimensional spatial competition model. We develop a new methodology to analyze competition on a torus and show that there is a fundamental …, firms are likely to choose the minimal compatibility to maximize product differentiation and soften competition. This is in …
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at the party level is inversely correlated with uncertainty-based measures of electoral competition, suggesting that … movements in long run ENP closer to 2 are an indicator of more rather than less electoral competition. …
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competition model with entry in which exchanges supply technological services, and have market power. We find that technological … services can be strategic substitutes or complements in platform competition. Free entry of platforms delivers a superior …
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