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This paper develops a theory of oligopoly and markups in general equilibrium. Firms compete in a network of product … extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …
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Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team's performance and therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the...
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Do Walrasian markets function orderly in the presence of adverse selection? In particular, is their outcome efficient? This paper addresses these questions in the context of a Rothschild and Stiglitz insurance economy. We identify an externality associated with the presence of adverse selection...
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This informal paper explores models of competitive insurance market equilibrium when individuals of initially similar apparent risk experience divergence in risk levels over time. The information structure is modeled in three alternative ways: all insurers and insureds know risk at any point in...
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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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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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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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prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …
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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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of multi-homing on both sides is mostly ignored in the literature on competition between two-sided platforms. We help … fill this gap by developing a model for platform competition in a differentiated setting (a Hoteling line), which is …
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