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Delays in leniency application : is there really a race to the enforcer’s door?

Gärtner, Dennis; Zhou, Jun - 2012 - First version June 2012, Revised November 2012

common beliefs and the existing literature, that conspirators often apply for leniency long after a cartel collapses. We …

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Segmentation versus agglomeration : competition between platforms with competitive sellers

Karle, Heiko; Peitz, Martin; Reisinger, Markus - 2017

For many products, platforms enable sellers to transact with buyers. We show that the competitive conditions among sellers shape the market structure in platform industries. If product market competition is tough, sellers avoid competitors by joining different platforms. This allows platforms to...

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Cartel duration and endogenous private monitoring and communication : an instrumental variables approach

Zhou, Jun - 2012

. Estimating the impact of such collusive practices" - known as the 'lysine strategy profile (LSP)" - on cartel duration is … related to cartel duration. After correction for selectivity in the decision to use the LSP, statistical tests are consistent … with a theoretic prediction that the LSP increases cartel duration. …

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The impact of the internet on retail competition : evidence from technological differences in internet access

Gebhardt, Georg - 2010

Does the internet increase competition? To address this question, I exploit two institutional details unique to Germany: (1) Some municipalities received glass fibre cables that cannot be upgraded to DSL; I use these municipalities as a treatment group with reduced online competition. (2) German...

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Does a platform monopolist want competition?

Niedermayer, Andreas - 2015

We consider a software vendor first selling a monopoly platform and then an application running on this platform. He may face competition by an entrant in the applications market. The platform monopolist can benefit from competition for three reasons. First, his profits from the platform...

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Merger policy in a quantitative model of international trade

Breinlich, Holger; Nocke, Volker; Schutz, Nicolas - 2015

In a two-country international trade model with oligopolistic competition, we study the conditions on market structure and trade costs under which a merger policy designed to benefit domestic consumers is too tough or too lenient from the viewpoint of the foreign country. Calibrating the model...

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Two-sided markets with pecuniary and participation externalities

Schmidtke, Richard - 2006

The existing literature on two-sided markets addresses participation externalities, but so far it has neglected pecuniary externalities between competing platforms. In this paper we build a model that incorporates both externalities. In our setup differentiated platforms compete in advertising...

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Platforms and network effects

Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2016 - This version: September 2016

In many markets, user benefits depend on participation and usage decisions of other users giving rise to network effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This paper reviews key findings from the literature on network effects and...

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Do energy efficiency standards hurt consumers? : evidence from household appliance sales

Brucal, Arlan; Roberts, Michael J. - 2016 - This version: December21, 2016

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Firm-level estimates of fuel substitution : an application to carbon pricing

Hyland, Marie; Haller, Stefanie - 2015

We estimate partial- and total-fuel substitution elasticities between electricity, gas and oil, using firm-level data. We find that, based on the partial elasticity measure, electricity is the least-responsive fuel to changes in its own price and in the price of other fuels. The total elasticity...

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