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Do elections lead to informed public decisions?

Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2003

Democracies delegate substantial decision power to politicians. Using a model in which an incumbent can design, examine and implement public policies, we show that examination takes place in spite of, rather than thanks to, elections. Elections are needed as a carrot and a stick to motivate...

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A theory on media bias and elections

Sun, Junze; Schram, Arthur; Sloof, Randolph - 2019

We develop a tractable theory to study the impact of biased media on election outcomes, voter turnout and welfare. News … released by media allows voters to infer the relative appeal of the two candidates, and the closeness of elections. In large … elections, the former determines the election outcome, whereas the latter drives voter turnout. With a single media outlet, a …

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The industrial organisation of the dance industry in the Netherlands : a transaction cost perspective on hybrid forms of organisation

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Joustra, Jelle - 2014 - Version June 2014

and an extensiv e use of social media play a key role in lowering the transaction costs in the dance industry. …

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Racial bias in newspaper ratings of professional football players

Principe, Francesco; Ours, Jan C. van - 2021

We study whether there is a racial bias in ratings of professional football players in Italian newspapers. We find that there is such a bias. Conditional on objective performance indicators black players receive a lower rating than non-black players. This is not a difference across the board but...

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Measuring competition intensity : an application to Air/HSR transport markets

Behrens, Christiaan; Lijesen, Mark G. - 2015

We develop a method to measure the intensity of competition between firms. Our method, which we call the Best Response Measure (BRM), is related to the conduct parameter method, but avoids the main problems associated with that method. The BRM relies on a very general framework and limited data...

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Consolidation waves

Berg, Ward A. van den; Smit, Han T. J. - 2007

This paper explains why consolidation acquisitions occur in waves and it predicts the differing role each firm is likely to play in the consolidation game. We propose that whether a firm assumes the role of rival consolidator, target, or passive observer depends on the position of the firm...

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Testing for marginal spillovers from foreign direct investment

Altomonte, Carlo; Pennings, Enrico - 2005

We develop a simple test to assess whether horizontal spillover effects from multinational to domestic firms are endogenous to the market structure generated by the entry of the same multinationals. In particular, we analyze the performance of a panel of 10,650 domestic and multinational firms...

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Quantifying the scope for efficiency defense in merger control : the Werden-Froeb-Index

Goppelsroeder, Marie; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; … - 2006

This paper introduces the Werden-Froeb Index (WFI) to assist in evaluating merger-specific efficiencies in horizontal mergers. The index measures the weighted average reduction in marginal costs required to restore pre-merger equilibrium prices and quantities after the (full or partial) merger...

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The relationship between firm births and job creation

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Storey, David J. - 2002

This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The central theme of the paper is that, with the exception of a recent paper by Audretsch and...

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Competition in multi-modal transport networks : a dynamic approach

Weijde, Adriaan Hendrik van der; Verhoef, Erik T.; … - 2012

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