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Price competition, technology licensing and strategic trade policy

Ghosh, Arghya; Saha, Souresh - In: Economic Modelling 46 (2015) C, pp. 91-99

We consider strategic trade policy when two firms from two different countries that start out with different production costs compete in prices in a third country, and technology transfer between the two firms is possible through technology licensing. We find that optimal policy when technology...

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Price versus quantity in a mixed duopoly: The case of relative profit maximization

Nakamura, Yasuhiko - In: Economic Modelling 44 (2015) C, pp. 37-43

This paper examines the endogenous choice problem of each firm's price or quantity contract in a mixed duopoly composed of one social welfare maximizing public firm and one relative profit-maximizing private firm. In this paper, we show that unless the degree of product differentiation and the...

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Epstein on alienation: a rejoinder

Block, Walter - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) March, pp. 241-260

regulation of the economy is justified. What is new is that Epstein, one of the most extreme defenders of the minimal state, is …

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The finance of Katrina

Wood, J. Stuart - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 579-589

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discover the causes of the devastation of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast and how it may be ameliorated. Design/methodology/approach – Economic analysis of the prior conditions causing susceptibility to flooding, and of the subsequent...

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Drugs, the informal economy and globalization

Seddon, Toby - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) September, pp. 717-728

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the connections between illegal drugs and the informal economy and consider this in the light of the increasing levels of global interconnectedness in recent decades. Design/methodology/approach – This is a review of the...

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Regulation, awareness, compliance and SME performance in Cameroon's manufacturing and retail sectors

Akinboade, Oludele A.; Kinfack, Emilie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) 12, pp. 933-950

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the regulation, awareness, compliance and performance of small and … registered for tax and those in the manufacturing sector see tax regulation as a burden. Those having opinions that regulation is … rigid, inconsistent and that there is corruption also opine that regulation is negatively impacting on business. High …

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What drives investment in the telecommunications sector? Some lessons from the OECD countries

Paleologos, John M.; Polemis, Michael L. - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 49-57

Regulation of telecommunications sector plays a crucial role in the political and economic agenda for both industrial … of regulation and the extended state interventionism. The main aim of this study is to examine the regulatory process in … effective regulation and investment. …

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Impact of health aid in developing countries: The public vs. the private channels

Afridi, Muhammad Asim; Ventelou, Bruno - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 759-765

This paper examines the efficient allocation of international health aid. We built a simple macroeconomic model which considers an endogenous allocation of aid mixed between the public and the private channels. We derive a non-cooperative interaction-game involving the private sector, the donor...

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Variances in social partnership: Towards a sustainable model?

Mellahi, Kamel; Wood, Geoff T. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) July, pp. 667-683

This paper provides a critical appraisal of existing models of social partnership. We argue that single forms of partnership operating at the micro-level are unlikely to be sustainable in the medium and long term. Yet, there is evidence that multi-layered forms of partnership – in other words,...

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Real estate and serious forms of crime

Nelen, Hans - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) September, pp. 751-762

knowledge. Practical implications – Strategies to prevent serious forms of crime in the real estate sector vary from self-regulation …

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