We analyze platform competition where user data is collected to improve adtargeting. Considering that users incur … overall competition is weak or if targeting benefits are low, too much private data is collected, and vice-versa. Further, we … find that softer competition on either market side leads to more data collection, which implies substitutability between …

manufacturing. In this paper, we examine how the adoption of AM affects competition and welfare in traditionally standardized …

comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …

Maternity unit closures are increasingly common in areas with low birth rates, resulting in diminished competition … between units. We examine how competition affects the quality and amenities of the remaining maternity units in Germany. To … address potential endogeneity in the level of competition, we exploit the unpopularity of maternity unit closures and …

work, agents usually make their effort choice in response to competition and monetary incentives. At the same time, they …

We investigate the welfare effect of increasing competition in an anonymous two-sided matching market, where matched … competition increases overall welfare. In particular, this is always the case when the incentives for defection are high. …

We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player : mass media. The … classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific sensibility-coefficient and by allowing …