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Distributional Effects of Competition : A Simulation Approach
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021
Welfare and Competition tool (WELCOM), to estimate with minimum data requirements the direct distributional effects of market … telecommunications and corn products. The results show that increasing competition from four to 12 firms in the mobile telecommunications …
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The Economics of Credence Goods : On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe - 2009
determinants for efficiency in credence goods markets. While theory predicts that either liability or verifiability yields … has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764487
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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity : Evidence from Micro Data
Haskel, Jonathan - 2012
We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and 2003. We document a shift to smaller shops, particularly within supermarket chains, following a regulatory change in 1996 which increased the costs of opening large stores. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754887
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Labour Turnover and Labour Productivity in a Retail Organization
Siebert, Stanley; Zubanov, Nick; Chevalier, Arnaud; … - 2021
We study the impact of labour turnover on labour productivity using a panel dataset of 347 shops belonging to a large UK clothing retailer over 1995-1999. For the within-shop link - holding constant the shop's permanent characteristics - we observe an inverted U-shape effect of labour turnover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317416
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Market Imperfections and Firm-Sponsored Training
Picchio, Matteo - 2010
Recent human capital theories predict that labor market frictions and product market competition influence firm …, product market competition does not have an effect on firm-sponsored training. We conclude that increasing competition through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141732
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Superstar Economists : Coauthorship Networks and Research Output
Hsieh, Chih-Sheng - 2018
We study the impact of research collaborations in coauthorship networks on research output and how optimal funding can maximize it. Through the links in the collaboration network, researchers create spillovers not only to their direct coauthors but also to researchers indirectly linked to them....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907829
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Restaurant Prices and the Minimum Wage
Fougère, Denis - 2009
price quotes collected to calculate theConsumer Price Index in France and we estimate a price rigidity model based on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764170
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Exposing Corruption : Can Electoral Competition Discipline Politicians?
Afridi, Farzana - 2016
political competition is too high or too low. We first build a simple game theoretic model to capture the effect of electoral … competition on corruption. We show that in equilibrium, corruption has a U-shaped relationship with electoral competition. If the … election is safe for the incumbent (low competition) or if it is extremely fragile (high competition) then corruption is higher …
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The Productivity Advantages of Large Cities : Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2012
cities toughen competition, allowing only the most productive to survive) and agglomeration economies (larger cities promote …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107198
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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes : An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment
Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2021
The population of most developed societies is graying. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a high standard of living and the sustainability of pension systems. In the light of these labor-force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317230