We examine how competition affects VAT pass-through in isolated oligopolistic markets as defined by the Greek islands … through to consumers in islands with different market structure. We show that pass-through increases with competition, going … adjustment for VAT changes, as well as a positive relationship between competition and the rate of price adjustment. Finally, we …

market power appears to be constrained by competition and largely determined by demand side factors. Finally, we find that …

oneself (self-competition), similar to what is found when competing against others (other-competition). In one laboratory and … confidence and suggest that these factors can account for the different findings. Finally, we document that self-competition does … no worse than other-competition in terms of performance boosting …

We analyze market dynamics under Bertrand duopoly competition in industries with network effects and consumer switching …

We investigate the impact of competition policy enforcement on the functioning of European energy markets, and how … EU member states' competition policy decisions, and combine it with firm- and sector-level data. We find that EC merger … policy has a positive and robust impact on (i) the level of competition; (ii) investment; and (iii) productivity. This impact …

We analyze duopoly Bertrand competition under network effects. We consider both incompatible and compatible products …