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Mergers in imperfectly segmented markets
Baake, Pio; Wey, Christian - 2009
We present a model with firms selling (homogeneous) products in two imperfectly segmented markets (a "high-demand" and a "low-demand" market). Buyers are mobile but restricted by transportation costs, so that imperfect arbitrage occurs when prices differ in both markets. We show that equilibria...
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Returns to data : evidence from web tracking
Ullrich, Hannes; Hannane, Jonas; Peukert, Christian; … - 2024
Tracking online user behavior is essential for targeted advertising and is at the heart of the business model of major online platforms. We analyze tracker-specific web browsing data to show how the prediction quality of consumer profiles varies with data size and scope. We find decreasing...
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Does state antitrust enforcement drive establishment exit?
Feinberg, Robert Mark; Husted, Thomas A.; Szuecs, Florian - 2013
Previous work has shown that state-level antitrust enforcement activity may have impacts on entry and relocation … behavior by U.S. firms. Significant state-level antitrust activity may be an indicator of a perceived adverse business … for 1998-2006 on US state-level antitrust activity and other measures of state-level business activities that may affect …
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Abuse of dominance and antitrust enforcement in the German electricity market
Duso, Tomaso; Szücs, Florian; Böckers, Veit - 2017
In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the alleged abuse of a joint dominant position by strategically withholding generation capacity. The case was settled after E.ON agreed to divest 5,000 MW generation capacity as well as...
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Price or variety? : an evaluation of mergers effects in grocery retailing
Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; Cervone, Roberto; … - 2018
Assortment decisions are key strategic instruments for firms responding to local market conditions. We assess this claim by studying the effect of a national merger between two large Dutch supermarket chains on prices and on the depth as well as composition of assortment. We adopt a...
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Common ownership and market entry : evidence from the pharmaceutical industry
Newham, Melissa; Seldeslachts, Jo; Banal-Estañol, Albert - 2018
Common ownership - where two firms are at least partially owned by the same investor - and its impact on product market outcomes has recently drawn a lot of attention from scholars and practitioners alike. Theoretical and empirical researchsuggests that common ownership can lead to higher...
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Common ownership and market entry : evidence from the pharmaceutical industry
Newham, Melissa; Seldeslachts, Jo; Banal-Estañol, Albert - 2019 - This version: November 13, 2019
Common ownership - where two firms are partially owned by the same investor - and its impact on product markets has recently drawn attention. This paper focuses on implications for entry. We consider the entry decisions of generic pharmaceutical firms into drug markets opened up by the end of...
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Common ownership and market entry : evidence from the pharmaceutical industry
Newham, Melissa; Seldeslachts, Jo; Banal-Estañol, Albert - 2018 - This version: September 5, 2018
Common ownership - where two firms are at least partially owned by the same investor - and its impact on product market outcomes has recently drawn attention from scholars and practitioners. Previous research links common ownership with higher prices. This paper focuses on implications for...
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Collusive benchmark rates fixing
Boot, Nuria; Klein, Timo; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter - 2017
The fixing of the Libor and Euribor benchmark rates has proven vulnerable to manipulation. Individual rate-setters may have incentives to fraudulently distort their submissions. For the contributing banks to collectively agree on the direction in which to rig the rate, however, their interests...
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Common ownership and market entry : evidence from the pharmaceutical industry
Newham, Melissa; Seldeslachts, Jo; Banal-Estañol, Albert - 2022 - This version: June 29, 2022
Common ownership - where several firms are (partially) owned by the same investors - and its impact on product market competition has recently drawn much attention. This paper focuses on its implications for market entry. Specifically, we consider the entry decisions of generic pharmaceutical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359060