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Estimating demand with multi-homing in two-sided markets

Affeldt, Pauline Luise; Argentesi, Elena; Filistrucchi, Lapo - 2021

We empirically investigate the relevance of multi-homing in two-sided markets. First, we build a micro-founded structural econometric model that encompasses demand for differentiated products and allows for multi-homing on both sides of the market. We then use an original dataset on the Italian...

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Internet and politics: Evidence from U.K. local elections and local government policies

Gavazza, Alessandro; Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2017

policies using rich data from the U.K. Our analysis suggests that the internet has displaced other media with greater news …

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Asymmetric perceptions of the economy: Media, firms,consumers, and experts

Kholodilin, Konstantin; Kolmer, Christian; Thomas, Tobias; … - 2015

This article sheds light on the interaction of media, economic actors, and economic experts. Based on a unique data set … of 86,000 news items rated by professional analysts of Media Tenor International and survey data, we first analyze the … overall tone of the media, consumers', firms', and economic experts' opinions on the state and outlook of the economy. Second …

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Location decisions in a changing labour market environment

Frank, Björn - 2003

We study the location of various film-related services (such as camera rental, casting agencies or pyrotechnic services), the main determinant of interest being the human capital specificity. We show that firms which supply services with a lower firm specificity locate farther away from one...

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New Firm Formation by Industry over Space and Time: A Multi-Level Analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003

We apply a multi-level approach to analyze simultaneously the effects of three groups of determinants on new firm formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis indicates that innovation activities and the...

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B2C eCommerce strategy and market structure : the survey based approach

Sint, Peter Paul; Schmitz, Stefan W. - 2003

This paper follows two objectives: (i) It demonstrates the merits of the survey based approach to B2C eCommerce characteristics and company strategy, and (ii) it presents empirical evidence of the crucial importance of size and marketing investment in B2C eCommerce markets. It presents...

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Vertical Integration and Market Foreclosure with Convex Downstream Costs

Baake, Pio; Kamecke, Ulrich; Normann, Hans-Theo - 2001

In a framework with an upstream monopoly and a downstream duopoly, we analyze the impact of convex costs on the downstream level. In contrast to the case of constant marginal costs, vertical integration does not imply complete market foreclosure. While the non-integrated downstream firm receives...

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The Distribution and Heterogeneity of Technical Efficiency within Industries: An Empirical Assessment

Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

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Small-Scale Business Survival and Inheritance: Evidence from Germany

Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr - 2006

In this paper we investigate whether small-scale businesses face financial constraints that affect their survival. We develop a model of moral hazard in which financial constraints arise endogenously. The model predicts that higher private assets relax financial constraints and have a positive...

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Mergers & acquisitions and innovation performance in the telecommunications equipment industry

Gantumur, Tseveen; Stephan, Andreas - 2007

The telecommunications in the 1990s witnessed an enormous worldwide round of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This paper examines the innovation determinants of M&A activity and the consequences of M&A transactions on the technological potential and the innovation performance. We examine the...

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