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Estimating fluctuations in oil and gas investment
Dahl, Roy Endré; Osmundsen, Petter - 2014
Governments in extraction countries are anxious to estimate expected investment in development projects, since they represent an essential element of the macro economy. The overall level of activity is also crucial to oil companies, since the macro picture affects cost levels, the supplies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417468
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Concentration and competition : evidence from Europe and implications for policy
Koltay, Gábor; Lorincz, Szabolcs; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2022
concentration industries, and an overall tendency towards oligopolistic structure. Estimates of aggregate profitability also show a … competition policy is likely to face more challenges as large companies are becoming more common in more and more industries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166348
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Working from home in European countries before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Jerbashian, Vahagn; Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat - 2022
countries, industries, and occupations in the 2011-2019 period and its changes in 2020, the year when the COVID-19 pandemic … started. We show that there are significant differences in working from home across countries, industries, and occupations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013365367
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Investment policy for time-inconsistent discounters
Harstad, Bård - 2013
the current principal prefers her future self to save more, she can increase current investments complementary to future … savings and decrease investments in the strategic substitutes, for example. To characterize the principalś choices they are … benefits from subsidizing investments in "green" capital (complementary to future savings) and tax investments in substitute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223357
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Exit dynamics of start-up firms : does profit matter?
Golombek, Rolf; Raknerud, Arvid - 2015
is statistically significant in all industries. We show that the difference in annual exit probability between firms that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474825
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Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications
Genakos, Christos; Valletti, Tommaso M.; Verboven, Frank - 2017
We study the dual relationship between market structure and prices and between market structure and investment in mobile telecommunications. Using a uniquely constructed panel of mobile operators’ prices and accounting information across 33 OECD countries between 2002 and 2014, we document...
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Identity and economic incentives
Donkor, Kwabena; Götte, Lorenz; Müller, Maximilian W.; … - 2023
This paper examines how beliefs and preferences drive identity-conforming consumption or investments. We introduce a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447746
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Vertical integration in tradable green certificate markets
Coria, Jessica; Jaraitė, Jūratė - 2024
This study examines how the impact of Tradable Green Certificates (TGC) on profitability and investment behavior varies depending on the vertical integration status of regulated firms. Our theoretical model predicts that vertical integration does not lead to higher profits when internal pricing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014521191
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In search of leading indicators of economic activity in Germany
Bandholz, Harm; Funke, Michael - 2001
In this paper we present two new composite leading indicators of economicactivity in Germany estimated using a dynamic factor model with and withoutregime switching. The obtained optimal inferences of business cycle turningpoints indicate that the two-state regime switching procedure leads to...
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Competition and innovation in automobile markets
Ghosal, Vivek; Ni, Jiayao - 2015
Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation. Consistent with a large literature, we use patent counts as a measure of innovation. The combination of the US market's economic importance, market dynamics, and the significant...
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