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competition by a competitive fringe that produces low quality. We show that the brand manufacturer optimally provides a decoy good …
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, we consider symmetric Cournot competition and show that the endogenous level of CSR is positive for any given number of …
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limitations of the available data, and the potential implications of common ownership for competition in Australia. …
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Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over a long horizon … relationship is reasonably non-linear; (2) higher market-wide competition results in an increase in patenting, and the relationship …
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Niobium is a highly strategic mineral, in which Brazil holds almost all of the world's reserves followed by Canada. Niobium has an important role in steel alloys for the aerospace industry and future potential for the industry's superconductors. The present paper investigates the prevailing...
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We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint....
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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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This paper sheds light on an empirical controversy about the effect of competition on price discrimination. We … shows that whether competition has a positive or negative effect on price dispersion depends on the level of demand …
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This paper studies a model of search engine competition with endogenous obfuscation. Platforms may differ in the …
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Using a Markov-perfect equilibrium model, we show that the use of customer data to practice intertemporal price discrimination will improve monopoly profit if and only if information precision is higher than a certain threshold level. This U-shaped relationship lends support to a popular view...
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