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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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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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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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Sunk Costs and Risk-Based Barriers to Entry
Pindyck, Robert S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
In merger analysis and other antitrust settings, risk is often cited as a potential barrier to entry. But there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777752
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Sunk Costs and Real Options in Antitrust
Pindyck, Robert S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
Sunk costs play a central role in antitrust economics, but are often misunderstood and mismeasured. I will try to … clarify some of the conceptual and empirical issues related to sunk costs, and explain their implications for antitrust … just as relevant for antitrust analysis as the direct cost of a machine or a factory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011922
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Evaluating Welfare with Nonlinear Prices
Reiss, Peter C.; White, Matthew W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper examines how to evaluate consumer welfare when consumers face nonlinear prices. This problem arises in many settings, such as devising optimal pricing strategies for firms, assessing how price discrimination affects consumers, and evaluating the efficiency costs of many transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775209
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Output Price and Markup Dispersion in Micro Data: The Roles of Producer Heterogeneity and Noise
Roberts, Mark J.; Supina, Dylan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997
This paper provides empirical evidence on the extent of producer heterogeneity in the output market by analyzing output price and price-marginal cost markups at the plant level for thirteen homogenous manufactured goods. It relies on micro data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777777
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Asymmetric Learning in Repeated Contracting: An Empirical Study
Cohen, Alma - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper studies a unique panel dataset of transactions with repeat customers of an insurer operating in a market in which insurers are not required by law or contract to share information about their customers' records. I use this dataset to test the asymmetric learning hypothesis that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575389
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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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