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(2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching framework, is replicated with a richer and more … is augmented by endogenous strategic hiring behavior on the side of vacancyposting firms. Neglecting job competition, the … relevance of strategic hiring is shown using the same empirical strategy. At the same time, the test is shown to be invalid if …
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This paper investigates empirically whether decision makers are forward looking in dynamic strategic interactions. In particular, we test whether decision makers in multi-stage tournaments take heterogeneity induced changes of continuation values and the ability of their immediate opponent into...
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limitations of the available data, and the potential implications of common ownership for competition in Australia. …
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The relationship between competition and innovation is difficult to disentangle, as exogenous variation in market …
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of enforcement activity by European competition authorities in labor markets relative to the US. While enforcement action … competition enforcement in labor markets. The article identifies sectors and practices that may be scrutinized with priority by … European competition authorities and proposes a mix of enforcement, merger control and well-targeted policy and regulatory …
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Two-thirds of those released from prison in the United States will be re-arrested within three years, creating an incarceration cycle that is detrimental to individuals, families, and communities. There is tremendous public interest in ending this cycle, and public policies can help or hinder...
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: judiciary, bureaucracy, and competition policy. To test our framework, we introduce a new panel of institutional reform measures …
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A product market is concentrated when a few firms dominate the market. Similarly, a labor market is concentrated when a few firms dominate hiring in the market. Using data from the leading employment website CareerBuilder.com, we calculate labor market concentration for over 8,000...
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competitor. Any merger or acquisition (M&A) must be approved by a welfare maximizing domestic competition agency which may or may … of government. With an unbiased competition agency we find that the foreign takeover is more likely to occur the higher …
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It is commonly argued that crises open up a window of opportunity to implement policies that otherwise would not have the necessary political backing. The argument goes that the political cost of deep reforms declines as crises unravel structural problems that need to be urgently rectified and...
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