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Reciprocity and learning effects in price competition

Nese, Annamaria; O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Sbriglia, Patrizia - 2023

One disputed topic in Organization and Management economics is how leadership and collusive agreements are set and maintained in industries where firms are characterised by similar technological opportunities and structures. This topic is particularly important to analyse online and digital...

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When the baby cries at night : inelastic buyers in non-competitive markets

Calzolari, Giacomo; Ichino, Andrea; Manaresi, Francesco; … - 2014

We investigate empirically how sellers react to changes in the population of their consumers, identifying the effects of demand composition and demand size with limited information on costs. We show how pharmacists in Italy selectively increase the price of some products when they observe in...

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Kingpin approaches to fighting crime and community violence : evidence from Mexico's drug war

Lindo, Jason M.; Padilla-Romo, María - 2015

This study considers the effects of the kingpin strategy, an approach to fighting organized crime in which law-enforcement efforts focus on capturing the leaders of the criminal organization, on community violence in the context of Mexico's drug war. Newly available historical data on...

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The economics of college sports : cartel behavior vs. amateurism

Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2006

This paper studies intercollegiate athletics in the context of the theory of cartels. Some point to explicit attempts … evidence of cartel behavior. Others argue that such limits enhance product quality by preserving amateurism. I find that the … contributions, state appropriations, and additional student applications. -- cartel ; monopsony ; college athletics …

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In absolute or relative terms? : how framing prices affects the consumer price sensitivity of health plan choice

Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011

This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...

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Revolutionary effects of new information technologies

Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor) - 2005

In markets with imperfect information and heterogeneity, the information technology affects the rate at which agents meet, which in turn affects the distribution of production technologies across firms. We show that in models for such markets there are typically multiple equilibria because...

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High-speed railways and firms total factor productivity : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

Bottasso, Anna; Conti, Maurizio; Ferrara, Antonella Rita; … - 2023

The focus of this study is to assess the causal impact of the connection of a local area to a high-speed rail network (HSR) on firms' total factor productivity (TFP). The quasi-random location of the HSR station in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia is exploited in a Difference-in Differences...

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Revitalising the Silk Road : evidence from railway infrastructure investments in Northwest China

Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2022

China’s Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013 to revitalise the Silk Road and promote economic development and integration. This paper investigates the economic effects of the opening of the only high-speed rail (HSR) line in northwest China which connects China’s northwestern...

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Diasporas and conflict

Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...

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Identifying human capital externalities : theory with an application to US cities

Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - 2002

Identification of the strength of human capital externalities at the aggregate level is still not fully understood. The existing method may yield positive or negative externalities even if wages reflect marginal social products. We propose an approach that yields positive average human capital...

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