within less than five years. We examine whether the privatization authority followed its mandate to privatize competitive … investors, and are more likely to remain in business even 20 years after leaving public ownership. The privatization agency …

California disaster. Part of the explanation for these difficulties stems from past successful liberalization and deregulation … experiences in other areas suggesting that competition could provide large benefits to hitherto regulated utilities in local …

We study the gains from trade in a model with oligopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms and innovation, and …-relevant feature of market power above and beyond markup dispersion. Trade liberalisation increases foreign competition and reduces the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …

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 …