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Strategic Incompatibility in ATM Markets
Knittel, Christopher R.; Stango, Victor - 2021
We test whether firms use incompatibility strategically, using data from ATM markets. High ATM fees degrade the value of competitors' deposit accounts, and can in principle serve as a mechanism for siphoning depositors away from competitors or for creating deposit account differentiation. Our...
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Threats to Central Bank Independence : High-Frequency Identification with Twitter
Bianchi, Francesco - 2019
This paper presents market-based evidence that President Trump influences expectations about monetary policy. We use tick-by-tick fed funds futures data and a collection of Trump tweets criticizing the conduct of monetary policy and consistently advocating that the Fed lower interest rates....
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Free Riding and Sales Strategies for the Internet
Carlton, Dennis W.; Chevalier, Judith A. - 2022
We examine manufacturers' decisions of whether and how to offer their products for sale over the internet …. Manufacturers that rely on promotion of their products by brick and mortar retailers must consider the possibility that internet … their products over the internet and to control the pricing of their products over the internet. We examine three categories …
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Piracy and Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms
Danaher, Brett - 2015
Much debate exists around the impact that illegal file sharing may have on the creative industries. Similarly, opinions differ regarding whether the producers of artistic works should be forced to accept any weakening of intellectual property rights resulting from illegal file sharing, or if...
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Creating Markets for New Vaccines Part I : Rationale
Kremer, Michael - 2021
Malaria, tuberculosis, and the strains of HIV common in Africa kill approximately 5 million people each year. Yet research on vaccines for these diseases remains minimal largely because potential vaccine developers fear that they would not be able to sell enough vaccine at a sufficient price to...
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Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation : Personal Computers in the Late 1980'S
Bresnahan, Timothy; Stern, Scott; Trajtenberg, Manuel - 2021
This paper evaluates the sources of transitory market power in the market for personal computers (PCs) during the late 1980's. Our analysis is motivated by the coexistence of low entry barriers into the PC industry and high rates of innovative investment by a small number of PC manufacturers. We...
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Do Firms Use Coupons and In-Store Discounts to Strategically Market Experience Goods Over the Consumption Life-Cycle? The Case of Cigarettes
Sfekas, Andrew - 2014
Cigarettes are experience goods - most of their utility value only gets revealed when one consumes them. We hypothesize a three phase consumer life cycle for experience goods. Consumers initially do not know their utility from the good or their preferences for particular characteristics, and may...
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The Effects of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Promotion on Adverse Drug Events and Regulation
David, Guy - 2013
This paper analyzes the relationship between postmarketing promotional activity and reporting of adverse drug events by modeling the interaction between a welfare maximizing regulator (the FDA) and a profit maximizing firm. In our analysis demand is sensitive to both promotion and regulatory...
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ABC at Insteel Industries
Narayanan, V. G.; Sarkar, Ratna G. - 2021
products and customers. While there is much anecdotal evidence about the efficacy of ABC and ABM (Activity Based Management …
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The Theory of Allocation and its Implications for Marketing and Industrial Structure
Carlton, Dennis W. - 2021
This paper identifies a cost of using the price system and from that develops a general theory of allocation. The theory explains why a buyer's stochastic purchasing behavior matters to a seller. This leads to a theory of optimal customer mix much akin to the theory of optimal portfolio...
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