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The efficiency of educational production : a comparison of the Nordic countries with other OECD countries
Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter; Heinesen, Eskil; Tranæs, Torben - 2015
Focusing in particular on upper secondary education, this paper examines whether the relatively high level of expenditure on education in the Nordic countries is matched by high output from the educational sector, both in terms of student enrolment and indicators of output quality in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343085
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Product market regulation and labor market outcomes : how can deregulation create jobs?
Burda, Michael C. - 2000
particular, I summarize work on the employment effects of shop-closing regulation in the retail and other related sectors …. Evidence on employment in the retail sector from Germany, the Netherlands and the United States suggests that the regulatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781500
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A tale of government spending efficiency and trust in the state
Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venâncio, Ana - 2022
This paper empirically links the efficiency and performance assessment of the general government, proxied by efficiency scores, to the trust in government. Government spending efficiency scores are first computed via data envelopment analysis (DEA). Then, relying on panel data and instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013445458
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International trade and retailing
Eckel, Carsten - 2009
The New Trade Theory predicts that international trade lowers prices for consumers and expands the choices available to … them. This study shows that both predictions may no longer hold once adjustments in the retail sector are taken into … shocks. The results demonstrate that retail assortments may remain constant if consumers have a low preference for diversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824675
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Buyer power in international markets
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2009
market power. Two main results are shown. First, in the presence of buyer power trade liberalization may lead to retail … market concentration. Due to this concentration retail prices may be higher and welfare may be lower in free trade than in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872802
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Do slotting allowances harm retail competition?
Foros, Øystein (contributor); Kind, Hans Jarle (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377151
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Manufacturers and retailers in the global economy
Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2011
allowances in many retail markets are consistent with the global integration of product markets, while higher retail market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230887
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Slotting allowances and manufacturers' retail sales effort
Foros, Oystein (contributor); Kind, Hans Jarle (contributor) - 2008
A manufacturer's incentives to undertake non-contractible investments depend on the profit margin on her sales to the retailer, and slotting allowances can facilitate such incentives by increasing unit wholesale prices. At first glance, it is tempting to conclude that slotting allowances should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751122
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Why parallel trade may raise producers profits
Raff, Horst (contributor); Schmitt, Nicolas (contributor) - 2005
This paper shows that a manufacturer may benefit from parallel trade. In addition to an intuitive condition about the effect of demand shocks, this occurs when competitive retailers must order inventories before they know the realization of demand and for products whose sale value drops at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003112697
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The limits of marketplace fee discrimination
Tremblay, Mark J. - 2021
in high surplus markets. However, if the platform enters into retail, then the platform reduces its fees and generates … greater retail competition. These effects mitigate distortions from fee discrimination and improve welfare. In terms of policy … retail market mitigates fee distortions but is often worse than an equilibrium with platform entry into retail, and (3 …
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