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Changes in consumers' behavior when a vertically integrated service is separated —The case of Japanese mobile phone services—
Nakamura, Akihiro - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 437-449
In this paper, I empirically examine the consumer behavior change in the case that the current vertically integrated Japanese mobile phone market was separated by employing the stated preference survey. As a hypothetical vertically separated situation, I assumed the introduction of contents...
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Changes in consumers' behavior when a vertically integrated service is separated —The case of Japanese mobile phone services—
Nakamura, Akihiro - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 437-449
In this paper, I empirically examine the consumer behavior change in the case that the current vertically integrated Japanese mobile phone market was separated by employing the stated preference survey. As a hypothetical vertically separated situation, I assumed the introduction of contents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563124
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Wholesale price discrimination and enforcement of regulation
Aiura, Hiroshi - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 3, pp. 2083-2091
The present paper studied third-degree price discrimination in wholesale markets and its welfare property when a monopolistic manufacturer sells his/her products to two retailers who have different qualities and costs of sales. Our results revealed that price discrimination within a certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511650
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Assessing competitive conditions in Korea's credit rating industry after the 1997 financial crisis
Oh, Frederick Dongchuhl - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 2, pp. 1114-1121
competitive condition in the credit rating industry after the 1997 financial crisis. We find that the degree of market competition … industry became an oligopoly in a contestable market, which is economically equivalent to the structure of perfect competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010836110
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On the Relationship between Competition and Innovation in a Duopoly with a Single Innovator
Chen, You-hua; Nie, Pu-yan; Wang, X. Henry - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 2648-2660
-reducing innovations and how this incentive is affected by the level of competition in the product market. It is found that a firm …'s innovation effort has a U-shaped relationship with the level of competition. This result generally holds true for both the …
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Mass Retailers' Advertising Strategies Against Commodity Stores.
Bergès, Fabian; Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 2968-2981
A retailer has different opportunities to advertise in the media: emphasizing the store image or promoting specifically its private label (PL). In the first option, advertising benefits all products sold, whereas in the alternative, only store brands are concerned by image improvement. We...
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On Firms' Preferences for Product Differentiation
Tyagi, Rajeev - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2005) 17, pp. 1-8
We examine firms' preferences for product differentiation when a firm has a demand-side and/or a cost-side advantage over its competitor. We show that if the magnitude of these advantages is small, then both firms prefer more differentiated products. However, if the magnitude of demand-side...
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On Firms' Preferences for Product Differentiation
Tyagi, Rajeev - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2005) 17, pp. 1-8
We examine firms' preferences for product differentiation when a firm has a demand-side and/or a cost-side advantage over its competitor. We show that if the magnitude of these advantages is small, then both firms prefer more differentiated products. However, if the magnitude of demand-side...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630372
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Vertical differentiation and labor market: the differentiation principle revisited
Hili, Amal; Lahmandi-Ayed, Rim; Lasram, Hejer - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 633-640
The labor market is introduced into the standard vertical differentiation model, linking increasingly the quality of the product and the effort necessary for workers to produce it. Surprisingly, when two firms compete on the product market but are monopolies on the labor market, at equilibrium...
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Alliances and entry in a simple airline network
Lin, Ming Hsin - In: Economics Bulletin 12 (2005) 4, pp. 1-11
competition in the deregulated airline network markets. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010836108