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Collusive Agreements in Vertically Differentiated Markets

Marini, Marco A. - 2017

proliferating their products. It is shown that a selective pruning within the cartel always occurs. Moreover, by associating a … cooperative (or coalitional) stability of the whole industry cartel is the equidistance of firms' products along the quality …

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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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The stability of market shares in liner shipping

Fusillo, Mike - In: Review of industrial organization : RIO 42 (2013) 1, pp. 85-106

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Collusion in Quality-Segmented Markets

Bos, Iwan; Marini, Marco A. - 2021

. Within this setting, we study four types of price- xing agreement: (i) a segment-wide cartel in the premium submarket only …, (ii) a segment-wide cartel in the standard submarket only, (iii) two segment-wide cartels, and (iv) an industry …-wide cartel. We present a complete characterization of the collusive pricing equilibrium and examine the corresponding effect on …

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Free Riding, Upsizing, and Energy Efficiency Incentives in Maryland Homes

Alberini, Anna - 2013

We use a unique dataset that combines the responses from an original survey of households, information about the structural characteristics of their homes, utility-provided longitudinal electricity usage records, plus utility program participation information, to study the uptake of energy...

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Technology Invention and Diffusion in Residential Energy Consumption. A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Marin, Giovanni - 2016

Traditional large appliances absorb a large share of residential electricity consumption and represent important targets of energy policy strategies aimed at achieving energy security. Despite being characterized by rather mature technologies, this group of appliances still offers large...

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Residential Consumption of Gas and Electricity in the US : The Role of Prices and Income

Alberini, Anna - 2015

We study residential demand for electricity and gas, working with nationwide household-level data that cover recent years, namely 1997-2007. Our dataset is a mixed panel/multi-year cross-sections of dwellings/households in the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States as of 2008. To our...

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Information v. Energy Efficiency Incentives : Evidence from Residential Electricity Consumption in Maryland

Alberini, Anna - 2015

We focus on two utility programs intended to reduce energy usage and the associated CO<sub>2</sub> emissions — a home energy audit and rebates on the purchase of high-efficiency air-source heat pumps. We use a unique panel dataset from participating and non-participating households to estimate the...

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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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Smart Meter Devices and the Effect of Feedback on Residential Electricity Consumption : Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Northern Ireland

Gans, Will - 2015

Using a unique set of data and exploiting a large-scale natural experiment, we estimate the effect of real-time usage information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland. Starting in April 2002, the utility replaced prepayment meters with “smart” meters that allow the...

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