contracts literature hold up to recent empirical evidence. Guided by theory, we arrange services according to the type and …

expectations of future profits which, in turn, depend on the nature of competition within the market. In this paper we estimate a … by potential entrants, fixed costs faced by incumbent producers, and the toughness of short-run price competition are all …

show that sectors characterized by a higher degree of competition (more substitutable products and a lower concentration of …

provides an introduction to the economics of 2SPs and its application to several competition policy issues …

Although policymakers often discuss tradeoffs between bank competition and stability, past research provides differing … theoretical perspectives and empirical results on the impact of competition on risk. In this paper, we employ a new approach for … competition materially boosts bank risk. With respect to the mechanisms, we find that competition reduces bank profits, charter …