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Network shares and retail prices are not symmetric in the telecommunications market with multiple bottlenecks which … give rise to new questions of access fee regulation. In this paper we consider a model with two types of asymmetry arising … from different entry timing, i.e. a larger reputation for the incumbent and lower cost of servicing for the entrant as a …
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We investigate the nature of the adverse selection problem in a market for adurable goodwhere trading and entry of new …
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I present a model in which individuals compete for a prize by choosing to apply or not. Abilities are private information and in attempt to select the best candidate, the committee compares applicants with an imperfect technology. The choice of application cost, size of the prize and use of...
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asymmetric information the banks face the risk of adverse selection. Credit Value-at-Risk (CVaR) regulation counters the problem … of low quality, i.e. high risk, loans and therefore reduces the risk of the bank loan portfolio. However, CVaR regulation … welfare. CVaR regulation also affects the operation of monetary policy. …
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sets fares in a congestible network. Using three models, with different spatial structures, we describe the operator …-differentiation. The network models show that results obtained for a single-link network can be generalized to a situation where operators …
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We investigate the nature of market failure in a dynamic version of Akerlof (1970) where identical cohorts of a durable good enter the market over time. In the dynamic model, equilibria with qualitatively different properties emerge. Typically, in equilibria of the dynamic model, sellers with...
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We take a dynamic perspective on insurance markets under adverseselection and study a generalized Rothschildand Stiglitz model where agents may differ with respect to theaccidental probability and their expenditure levels incase an accident occurs. We investigate the nature of dynamicinsurance...
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This paper models strategic interactions between a product supplier, a provider of information about product quality, and end users, in the context of road transportation. Using a game-theoretical analysis of suppliers' pricing strategies, we assess the social welfare effects of traffic...
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This paper investigates the extent of the holdup underinvestment problem in a buyer-seller relationship in which the seller has private information about his alternative trading opportunities. Theory predicts that, compared with a situation in which outside options are publicly observed, the...
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