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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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Adoption of Superior Technology in Markets with Heterogeneous Network Externalities and Price Competition
Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Mendys, Ewa - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
In this paper we investigate whether markets with heterogeneous network externalities can belocked-in by old technologies even if superior technologies are available. Heterogeneous networkexternalities are present when some consumers care more about the size of the market share of agood than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255699
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Adoption of Superior Technology in Markets with Heterogeneous Network Externalities and Price Competition
Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Mendys, Ewa - Tinbergen Institute - 2000
In this paper we investigate whether markets with heterogeneous network externalities can be locked-in by old technologies even if superior technologies are available. Heterogeneous network externalities are present when some consumers care more about the size of the market share of a good than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144403
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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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Capacity Choice under Uncertainty with Product Differentiation
Behrens, Christiaan; Lijesen, Mark - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
regulator ignores the stochastic nature of demand, regulation lowers welfare for a large range of parameters, that is for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257539
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Market Structure in Services and Market Access in Goods
Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
We examine interaction between trade in goods and market power in domestic trade and distribution, developing a model that highlights this interaction. Theory points to an expected linkage between service sector competition and goods trade, one supported by econometrics involving import patterns...
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The Effects of Leniency on Maximal Cartel Pricing
Houba, Harold; Motchenkova, Evgenia; Wen, Quan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
illegal gains, as often outlined in existing antitrust regulation, and detection probabilities depend on the degree of … disentangles the effects of traditional antitrust regulation, leniency, and cartel strategies. Without rewards to the strictly …-first reporter, leniency cannot reduce maximal cartel prices below those under traditional regulation. Moreover, in order to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256040
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Antitrust in Open Economies
Francois, Joseph; Horn, Henrik - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
We examine antitrust rules in a two county general equilibrium trade model, contrasting national and multilateral (cooperative) determination of competition policy, exploring the properties of the policy equilibrium. It is not imperfect competition, but variation in competitive stance between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256234
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Antitrust in Open Economies
Francois, Joseph; Horn, Henrik - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
We examine antitrust rules in a two county general equilibrium trade model, contrasting national and multilateral (cooperative) determination of competition policy, exploring the properties of the policy equilibrium. It is not imperfect competition, but variation in competitive stance between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209480
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The Effects of Leniency on Maximal Cartel Pricing
Houba, Harold; Motchenkova, Evgenia; Wen, Quan - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
illegal gains, as often outlined in existing antitrust regulation, and detection probabilities depend on the degree of … disentangles the effects of traditional antitrust regulation, leniency, and cartel strategies. Without rewards to the strictly …-first reporter, leniency cannot reduce maximal cartel prices below those under traditional regulation. Moreover, in order to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531430