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On the (mis-) alignment of consumer and social welfare in markets with network effects
Suleymanova, Irina (contributor); Wey, Christian (contributor) - 2008
We analyze duopoly Bertrand competition under network effects. We consider both incompatible and compatible products … compatibility. Finally, we show the robustness of our results when products are horizontally differentiated. -- Bertrand duopoly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726108
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The Fehmarn Belt duopoly : can the ferry compete with a tunnel?
Aigner, Rafael Christian - 2016
competition between the ferry and a planned tunnel, the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link. The model is an asymmetric duopoly and addresses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411687
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Analysis of the world market for steam coal using a complementarity model
Haftendorn, Clemens (contributor);  … - 2008
With its resource availability and the prospect of climate friendly technology, coal continues to play an important role in the global energy sector. We develop a complementarity model of the international market for steam coal. We want to analyze the level of competition in this market which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779155
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Competition and innovation in a technology setting software duopoly
Bitzer, Jürgen; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2003
market structure from monopoly to duopoly under the assumption that software producers compete in technology rather than …, i.e. innovation. It is found that: (i) moving from monopoly to duopoly does increase the technology level set by firms … in the software industry; (ii) a duopoly adjusts more readily to global technological progress than a monopolist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438863
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The shipbuilding industry in East and West : industry dynamics, science and technology policies and emerging patterns of co-operation
Bitzer, Jürgen; Hirschhausen, Christian R. von - 1997
Shipbuilding has changed from a "heavy industry" to become a capital- and technologyintensive activity over the last decades. While Japanese, South Korean and Western European yards dominate the merchant shipbuilding market so far, Eastern European yards are increasingly active, in particular in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667610
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Innovation clusters : combining physical and virtual links
Preißl, Brigitte - 2003
Innovation is increasingly seen as a collective action which involves many different actors operating in a cluster context. These clusters are usually conceived as local agglomerations. In this paper it will be argued that they are an important tool to study innovation, but the globalisation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438826
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How does fuel taxation impact new car purchases? : an evaluation using French consumer-level data
Givord, Pauline; Grislain-Letrémy, Céline; Naegele, Helene - 2014
This study evaluates the impact of fuel prices on new car purchases, using exhaustive individual-level data of monthly registration of new private cars in France from 2003 to 2007. Detailed information on the car holder enables us to account for heterogeneous preferences across purchasers. We...
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Bertrand competition in markets with network effects and switching costs
Suleymanova, Irina (contributor); Wey, Christian (contributor) - 2008
We analyze market dynamics under Bertrand duopoly competition in industries with network effects and consumer switching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726117
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Endogenous shifts in OPEC market power : a Stackelberg oligopoly with fringe
Huppmann, Daniel - 2013
This article proposes a two-stage oligopoly model for the crude oil market. In a game of several Stackelberg leaders, market power increases endogenously as the spare capacity of the competitive fringe goes down. This effect is due to the specific cost function characteristics of extractive...
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Vertical integration and market foreclosure with convex downstream costs
Baake, Pio; Kamecke, Ulrich; Normann, Hans-Theo - 2001
In a framework with an upstream monopoly and a downstream duopoly, we analyze the impact of convex costs on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435014