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We present a model where social media platforms offer plans that intermix entertaining content with digital advertising … advertising instead of subscription both for naïfs (because they are targeted by intense digital advertising, which makes them …
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We study the efficiency of oligopoly equilibria in a model where firms compete over capacities and prices. The … demands across the firms. We first establish the existence of pure strategy subgame perfect equilibria (oligopoly equilibria … oligopoly equilibria of this game can be arbitrarily low. However, if the best oligopoly equilibrium is selected (among multiple …
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framework for the analysis of growth driven by both entry of new firms and productivity improvements by continuing firms. Unlike … productivity improvements by incumbents in response to reduced entry, which may outweigh the positive effect of greater creative … destruction. As the model features entry of new firms and expansion and exit of existing firms, it also generates a non …
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We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …. The model provides a good fit to the dynamics of firm entry and exit, output and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of …
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Adaptation to dynamic conditions requires a certain degree of diversity. If all agents take the best current action, learning that the underlying state has changed and behavior should adapt will be slower. Diversity is harder to maintain when there is fast communication between agents, because...
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We study the efficiency of oligopoly equilibria in congested markets. The motivating examples are the allocation of …
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, and Huggett, and models of entry, exit and industry dynamics in the spirit of Hopenhayn's work as special cases. Robust …
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Building on theories of international relations, we analyze how mistrust (uncertainty about an adversary's preferences or capabilities), misperception (imperfect observation of an adversary's actions), and misunderstanding (non-degenerate higher-order beliefs) can lead to conflict and drive its...
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Societies under similar geographic and economic conditions and subject to similar external influences nonetheless develop very different types of states. At one extreme are weak states with little capacity and ability to regulate economic or social relations. At the other are despotic states...
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