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The External Cost of European Crude Oil Imports

Bigano, Andrea - 2009

This paper is the first to assess operational and probabilistic externalities of oil extraction and transportation to Europe on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of realistic future oil demand-supply scenarios, of the relative relevance of import routes, of the local specificities in terms...

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Vertical Differentiation and Collusion : Cannibalization or Proliferation?

Gabszewicz, Jean J. - 2016

In this paper, we tackle the dilemma of pruning versus proliferation in a vertically differentiated oligopoly under the assumption that some firms collude and control both the range of variants for sale and their corresponding prices, likewise a multiproduct firm. We analyse whether pruning...

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M-LED : Multi-sectoral Latent Electricity Demand Assessment for Energy Access Planning

Falchetta, Giacomo; Stevanato, Nicolò; Moner-Girona, Magda - 2021

Globally about 800 million people live without electricity at home, over two thirds of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ending energy poverty is a key development priority because energy plays an enabling role for human wellbeing and economic activities. Planning electricity access...

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Random Encounters and Information Diffusion about Product Quality

Gabszewicz, Jean J.; Marini, Marco A.; Zanaj, Skerdilajda - 2021

This paper explores how social interactions among consumers shape markets. In a two-country model, consumers meet and exchange information about the quality of the goods. As information spreads, the demands evolve, affecting the prices and quantities manufactured by profit-maximizing firms. We...

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Information Sharing Networks in Linear Quadratic Games

Currarini, Sergio; Feri, Francesco - 2013

We study the bilateral exchange of information in the context of linear quadratic games. An information structure is here represented by a non directed network, whose nodes are agents and whose links represent sharing agreements. We first study the equilibrium use of information in any given...

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Sequential play and cartel stability in a Cournot oligopoly

Currarini, Sergio; Marini, Marco A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

We reconsider the problem of cartel stability in a linear symmetric Cournot oligopoly by assuming that every coalition … of firms defecting from a cartel can choose its quantity before the remaining firms. We show that differently from Salant … et al. (1983) the only profitable cartel includes all firms in the industry. This result is shown to be robust to non …

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A Sequential Approach to the Characteristic Function and the Core in Games with Externalities

Currarini, Sergio; Marini, Marco A. - 2012

complementarities. We apply this result to cartel formation in Bertrand oligopoly and in Shapley-Shubik (1977) strategic market games …

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