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The comparison between ad valorem and unit taxes under monopolistic competition

Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2003

This paper shows that the welfare dominance of ad valorem over unit taxes under imperfect competition, extends to the Dixit-Stiglitz framework with differentiated products, entry and love of variety. This contrasts against findings by Anderson et al. (J Public Econ, 2001) made in a similar...

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Supplier fixed costs and retail market monopolization

Caprice, Stéphane; Schlippenbach, Vanessa von; Wey, … - 2014

Considering a vertical structure with perfectly competitive upstream firms that deliver a homogenous good to a differentiated retail duopoly, we show that upstream fixed costs may help to monopolize the downstream market. We find that downstream prices increase in upstream firms' fixed costs...

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A cartel analysis of the German labor institutions and its implications for labor market reforms

Haucap, Justus (contributor); Pauly, Uwe (contributor); … - 2006

In this paper we apply standard cartel theory to identify the major institutional stabilizers of Germany's area tariff … system of collective bargaining between a single industry union and the industry's employers association. Our cartel analysis … stabilize the labor cartel while other pro-competitive proposals have failed. We argue that the pro-competitive recommendations …

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