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Information and competition entry
Ewers, Mara - 2012
This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … failure, where competition failure occurs when a subject loses the competition because the opponent holds a higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534049
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Strategic mismatches in competing teams
Kräkel, Matthias - 1999
This paper discusses the strategic role of mismatching, where players voluntarily form inefficient teams or forego the formation of efficient teams, respectively. Strategic mismatching can be rational when players realize a competitive advantage (e.g. harming other competitors). In addition, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313938
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Meet the press : how voters and politicians respond to newspaper entry and exit
Drago, Francesco; Nannicini, Tommaso; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2013
role in keeping politicians accountable once they are in office. Competition plays a relevant role, as the effects are not … limited to the first newspaper entering the market. -- newspapers ; media competition ; turnout ; political selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697674
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Minimum wages as a barrier to entry : evidence from Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Bauer, Thomas K.; Kroeger, Hanna - 2012
threat of low-wage competition from Central and Eastern European Countries is relatively high. In addition, firms paying … is high. -- minimum wage ; product market competition ; service sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536582
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Institutional determinants of new firm entry in Russia : a cross regional analysis
Bruno, Randolph Luca (contributor);  … - 2008
We analyse a three-year panel data set of Russian firms spanning from 2000 to 2002 and we investigate the effect of regional institutional and economic factors on entry rates across time, industries and regions. The paper builds on a novel database and exploits inter-regional variation in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759746
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Adding rungs to the exporting ladder : plant-level exporting dynamics and total factor productivity growth
Voicu, Alexandru (contributor) - 2008
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the dynamics of plant-level exporting activity at both the extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity growth. We find that exporting activity has a ladder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771885
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Enterprise restructuring in Belarus
Bakanova, Marina; Estrin, Saul; Pelipasʹ, Igorʹ V.; … - 2006
era to permit free competition and effective governance by new owners. -- enterprise restructuring ; privatization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328064
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Regulatory barriers and entry in developing economies
Bennett, John (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2006
We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to 'excessive' entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a licence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328066
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Employment protection, product market regulation and firm selection
Koeniger, Winfried (contributor); Prat, Julien (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyzes the effect of labor and product market regulation in a dynamic stochastic equilibrium with search frictions. Modeling multiple-worker firms allows us to distinguish between the exit-and-entry (extensive) margin, and the hiring-and-firing (intensive) margin. We characterize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278939
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Reforms, entry and productivity : some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310958