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We model the demand-pressure effect on prices when options cannot be perfectly hedged. The model shows that demand … option. Similarly, the demand pressure increases the price of any other option by an amount proportional to the covariance of … show that demand-pressure effects help explain well-known option-pricing puzzles. First, end users are net long index …
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This paper investigates the effect of endogenous horizontal product differentiation on trade patterns and the gains from trade under Bertrand and Cournot oligopoly. Firms differentiate their products to mitigate competition, but only if the investment required is not too high. Investment in...
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This paper provides a new and simple model of endogenous horizontal product differentiation based on a standard demand …
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elastic demand, which triggers more intensive price competition and leads to lower prices and profits for competing firms. As …
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This paper examines the strategic trade policy incentives for investment policies towards quality improvements in a vertically differentiated exporting industry. Firms first compete in qualities and then export to a third country market based on Bertrand or Cournot competition. Optimal policies...
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is too high because firms ignore an aggregate demand externality, and when there are costs of changing prices, price …
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provide two examples to illustrate this point. In the context of a Cournot duopoly, we show that an implementation scheme in …
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Japanese and US firms in their markets. The duopoly model is used to determine export prices and volumes in response to the …
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A positive correlation between insurance coverage and ex post risk can be an indicator for private information in insurance markets. However, this test fails if agents have heterogeneous risk attitudes. We propose a new test that conditions on unobserved types of individuals who differ in their...
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-constrained consumers' access to financial markets make demand insensitive to interest rate fluctuations. The demand of credit … price sector influence aggregate demand and, for monetary policy to have its desired effect, the central bank has to …
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