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Smokescreen: How Managers Behave When They Have Something To Hide
González, Tanja Artiga; Schmid, Markus; Yermack, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We study financial reporting and corporate governance in 218 companies accused of price fixing. These firms engage in evasive financial reporting strategies, including earnings smoothing, segment reclassification, and restatements. In corporate governance, cartel firms favor outside directors...
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The Bidder Exclusion Effect
Coey, Dominic; Larsen, Bradley; Sweeney, Kane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We introduce a simple and robust approach to answering two key questions in empirical auction analysis: discriminating between models of entry and quantifying the revenue gains from improving auction design. The approach builds on Bulow and Klemperer (1996), connecting their theoretical results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951042
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Insurer Competition and Negotiated Hospital Prices
Ho, Kate; Lee, Robin S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We measure the impact of increased health insurer competition on negotiated hospital prices using detailed 2004 California claims data. We develop a theoretical bargaining model to moti--vate our empirical analysis, and use the competitiveness of Kaiser Permanente, a large vertically integrated...
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An Economic Analysis of Platform Sharing
Morita, Hodaka; Ghosh, Arghya - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We explore the managerial implications and economic consequences of platform sharing under models of horizontal and vertical product differentiation. By using a common platform across different products, firms can save on fixed costs for platform development. At the same time, platform sharing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084694
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Competition in Health Care Markets
Gaynor, Martin; Town, Robert J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper reviews the literature devoted to studying markets for health care services and health insurance. There has been tremendous growth and progress in this field. A tremendous amount of new research has been done in this area over the last 10 years. In addition, there has been increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223314
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Why Tie A Product Consumers Do Not Use?
Carlton, Dennis W.; Waldman, Michael; Gans, Joshua S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
examples and explore its antitrust implications. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714129
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International Trade Aspects of Competition Policy
Nagaoka, Sadao - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998
cartels have a strongly negative international spillover, export cartels or international cartels do not constrain market … access,' and export restraints were often used to ameliorate trade frictions. Moreover, domestic cartels often have a …, especially in terms of drastic reduction of cartels exempted from the application of Antimonopoly Law and in strengthening its …
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Governance, Issuance Restrictions, And Competition In Payment Card Networks
Pindyck, Robert S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
I discuss the antitrust suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against Visa and MasterCard in 1998. Banks that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718225
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Comparing Open and Sealed Bid Auctions: Evidence from Timber Auctions
Athey, Susan; Levin, Jonathan; Seira, Enrique - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
We study entry and bidding patterns in sealed bid and open auctions with heterogeneous bidders. Using data from U.S. Forest Service timber auctions, we document a set of systematic effects of auction format: sealed bid auctions attract more small bidders, shift the allocation towards these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830377
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Naked Exclusion: An Experimental Study of Contracts with Externalities
Landeo, Claudia M.; Spier, Kathryn E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to assess the ability of an incumbent seller to profitably foreclose a market with exclusive contracts. We use the strategic environment described by Rasmusen, Ramseyer, and Wiley (1991) and Segal and Whinston (2000) where entry is...
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