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Entry regulations, product differentiation and determinants of market structure

Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda - 2013

We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit to evaluate how entry regulations affect profitability and market … stores in Sweden, we find that the average entry costs for small and large stores are 10 and 18 percent lower, respectively …, in markets with liberal compared with restrictive regulations. Counterfactual simulations show that lower entry costs in …

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Fairness and the support of redistributive environmental policies

Andor, Mark Andreas; Lange, Andreas; Sommer, Stephan - 2022

Exemptions from costly policy measures are frequently applied to alleviate financial burdens to specific market participants. Using a stated-choice experiment with around 6,000 German household heads, we test how exemptions for low-income households and energy-intensive companies influence the...

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Competition for flexible distribution resources in a "smart" electricity distribution network

Tangerås, Thomas P. - 2020

In a 'smart' electricity distribution network, flexible distribution resources (FDRs) can be coordinated to improve efficiency. But coordination enables whoever controls such resources to exercise market power. The paper establishes the following efficiency rankings of market structures:...

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WTA-WTP disparity : the role of perceived realism of the valuation setting

Frondel, Manuel; Sommer, Stephan; Tomberg, Lukas - 2019

Based on a survey among more than 5,000 German households and a single-binary choice experiment in which we randomly split the respondents into two groups, this paper elicits both households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for power supply security and their willingness to accept (WTA) compensations...

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Consequentiality, elicitation formats, and the willingness-to-pay for green electricity : evidence from Germany

Andor, Mark Andreas; Frondel, Manuel; Horvath, Marco - 2020

Based on hypothetical responses originating from a large-scale survey among about 6,000 German households, this study investigates the discrepancy in willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates for green electricity across single-binary-choice and open-ended valuation formats. Recognizing that...

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Intragroup communication in social dilemmas : an artefactual public good field experiment in small-scale communities

Hönow, Nils Christian; Pourviseh, Adrian - 2023

Communication is well known to increase cooperation rates in social dilemma situations, but the exact mechanisms behind this have been questioned and discussed. This study examines the impact of communication on public good provisioning in an artefactual field experiment conducted with 216...

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A mechanism of proportional contributions for public good games

Rafat Beigpoor Shahrivar; Duesterhoeft, Ilka; Rogna, Marco - 2023

Public good games in coalitional form, such as the ones depicting international environmental agreements for the reduction of a global pollutant, generally foresee scarce levels of cooperation. The incentive to free ride, that increases for higher levels of cooperation, prevents the formation of...

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Entry regulations and product variety in retail

Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda - 2021

technology to evaluate the impact of entry regulations on variety and long-run profits in Swedish retail. Using rich data on … stores and product categories, we find that more liberal entry regulation increases productivity and decreases the adjustment … costs of variety. Counterfactual simulations of modest liberalizations of entry incentivize incumbents to offer more product …

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The impact of structural and strategic competition on hospital quality

Wuckel, Christiane - 2022

Many health care systems aim to enhance hospital quality by encouraging competition. However, evidence on the relationship between quality and competition is inconclusive. My contribution to this literature is two-fold. Analyzing the relationship between competition and quality for the German...

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The causal link between financial incentives and weight loss : an evidence-based survey of the literature

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R.; Reinermann, Holger - 2011

Obesity and overweight are linked to diseases that cost society a significant amount of resources. While behavior modification can reduce the problem, instigating such lifestyle changes is an uneasy task. One potential way to reduce the problem is through the use of financial incentives. In this...

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