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Spatial differentiation and market power in input procurement : evidence from a structural model of the corn market
Jung, Jinho; Sesmero, Juan; Siebert, Ralph - 2020
discrimination. Finally, we evaluate the effect of hypothetical mergers on input markets and farm surplus. A merger between nearby …, a merger between distant buyers has little effect on competition and markdowns. …
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Horizontal merger under strategic tax policy
Liu, Chih-Chen; Mukherjee, Arijit; Wang, Leonard F. S. - 2014
We show that the presence of a strategic tax policy increases the incentive for a horizontal merger compared to the … a horizontal merger that has been ignored in the existing literature. In contrast to the usual belief, we also show that … a horizontal merger may benefit the consumers and the society. …
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Merger in contests
Huck, Steffen; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland - 2000
Competition in some markets is a contest. This paper studies the merger incentives in such markets. Merger can be … profitable. The profitability depends on the post-merger contest st ructure, the discriminatory power of the contest and on the …
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A market for connections
Miettinen, Topi; Poutvaara, Panu - 2012
Government or company decisions on whom to hire are mostly delegated to politicians, public sector officials or human resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are delegated to decide upon. Even if bribing is ruled out,...
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Auctions and corruption
Lengwiler, Yvan; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2000
In many auctions, the auctioneer is an agent of the seller. This delegation invites corruption. In this paper we propose a model of corruption, examine how corruption affects the auction game, how the anticipation of corruption affects bidding, and how it altogether changes the revenue ranking...
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Bureaucrats and public procurement
Bös, Dieter - 2001
This paper deals with a Niskanen type of public-procurement agency. It is shown that the procurement game should be separated into an investment game and a project game, the first game to be played before nature determines the actual real-izations of benefit and costs of the project, the second...
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Probabilistic procurement auctions
Giebe, Thomas; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013
We analyse procurement auctions in which sellers are distinguished on the basis of the ratios of quality per unit of money that they offer. Sellers are privately informed on the offered quality of the technology or good. We assume that the procurer cannot perfectly identify the best offer. Thus,...
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Foreign direct investment modes and local backward linkages
Milliou, Chrysovalantou; Pavlou, Apostolis - 2014
unobservability of contract terms favor cross-border acquisition relative to greenfield investment. We also show that while a cross …-border acquisition reduces welfare, greenfield investment can be welfare-improving. These results suggest that policy should distinguish …
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Innovation in the supply and procurement of rig services
Osmundsen, Petter - 2014
Substantial elements of innovation have been observable during recent years in rig supply, in particular regarding contracts and organisation. This trend has been driven by the fact that rising costs over many years have put profitability under pressure. On the basis of theory and available...
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Trust, competition and innovation : theory and evidence from German car manufacturers
Calzolari, Giacomo; Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; … - 2015
We develop a simple theoretical model of a long term buyer-supplier relationship with non-contractible buyer specific R&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement strategies. We address these issues empirically...
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