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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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stress that competition and regulatory authorities should take seriously the potential trade-off between market power effects …
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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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explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …
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extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …
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The relationship between competition and performance-related pay has been analyzed in single … competition when aggregated firm data is used. -- Cournot competition ; contract delegation ; moral hazard ; entry ; market size …
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local credit markets. We provide evidence that marginal increases in interbank competition are detrimental to relationship … technologies are al-ready widely in use in the market by a large group of small mutual banks, an increase in competition may drive … banks to further cultivate their extensive ties with customers. -- interbank competition ; market organizational structure …
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This study evaluates the role market competition plays in determining inflation based on sector-level data from OECD … of market competition. This study shows that inflation decreases with greater market competitiveness even after … controlling for productivity effects. Indeed, when market competition and productivity effects are both accounted for, trade …
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prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …
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New England is at the leading edge of an energy transition in which natural gas is playing an increasingly important role in the US electricity generation mix. In recent years, the region’s wholesale natural gas and electricity markets have experienced severe, simultaneous price spikes. While...
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