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Measuring Market Power in the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Industry

Nevo, Aviv - 2007

pricing; and (3) that due to potential price collusion. The results suggest that given the demand for different brands of …

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Racial Discrimination and Competition

Levine, Ross - 2014

This paper assesses the impact of competition on racial discrimination. The dismantling of inter- and intrastate bank restrictions by U.S. states from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s reduced financial market imperfections, lowered entry barriers facing nonfinancial firms, and boosted the rate of...

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Theory and Evidence on Employer Collusion in the Franchise Sector

Krueger, Alan B. - 2018

In this paper we study the role of covenants in franchise contracts that restrict the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the same franchise chain in suppressing competition for workers. Based on an analysis of 2016 Franchise Disclosure Documents, we find that...

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Collusive Investments in Technological Compatibility : Lessons from U.S. Railroads in the Late 19th Century

Gross, Daniel P. - 2019

Collusion is widely condemned for its negative effects on consumer welfare and market efficiency. In this paper, I show … that collusion may also in some cases facilitate the creation of unexpected new sources of value. I bring this possibility … develop a model of compatibility choice in a collusive market and argue that collusion may have enabled the gauge change to …

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Marketing Agencies and Collusive Bidding in Online Ad Auctions

Decarolis, Francesco - 2017

(used by Facebook). We find that, despite its well-known susceptibility to collusion, the VCG mechanism outperforms the GSP …

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Growth Policy, Agglomeration, and (the Lack of) Competition

Brooks, Wyatt - 2016

. Empirically, we validate the test using plants with common owners, and then test for collusion using data from Chinese …

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Vertical Information Restraints : Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions

Asker, John - 2016

manufacturer collusion. Thus, welfare effects may be positive or negative compared to RPM or to the absence of such restrictions …

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Communication in Vertical Markets : Experimental Evidence

Möllers, Claudia - 2016

When an upstream monopolist supplies several competing downstream firms, it may fail to monopolize the market because it is unable to commit not to behave opportunistically. We build on previous experimental studies of this well-known commitment problem by introducing communication. Allowing the...

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Are Settlements in Patent Litigation Collusive? Evidence from Paragraph IV Challenges

Helland, Eric - 2016

The use of “pay-for-delay” settlements in patent litigation – in which a branded manufacturer and generic entrant settle a Paragraph IV patent challenge and agree to forestall entry – has come under considerable scrutiny in recent years. Critics argue that these settlements are collusive...

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Vertical Restraints in the Bromine Cartel : The Role of Distributors in Facilitating Collusion

Levenstein, Margaret - 2010

costs and benefits from cheating. These contracts succeeded in stabilizing collusion until the entry of new, vertically …

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