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Spatial Competition, Strategic Entry Responses, and the North Dakota Railroad War of 1905

Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The North Dakota Railroad War of 1905, which pitted a potential entrant (the Soo Line) against an established monopolist incumbent (the Great Northern Railway), offers a lucid empirical example of strategic behavior, and in particular the potential for entry deterrence through product...

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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 into focus through the lens of a historical episode...

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Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms : An Application to the Rail Industry

Wilson, Wesley W. - 2018

A number of formerly regulated multiproduct industries have a transitional or permanent residual regulatory mandate to protect consumers from "excessive" prices. The legislation that deregulated most rail rates contains a statutory mandate for the regulator to protect shippers from "excessive"...

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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction

Morck, Randall K. - 2005

, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …

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Geographic Barriers to Commodity Price Integration : Evidence from US Cities and Swedish Towns, 1732-1860

Crucini, Mario J. - 2014

We study the role of distance and time in statistically explaining price dispersion for 14 commodities from 1732 to 1860. The prices are reported for US cities and Swedish market towns, so we can compare international and intranational dispersion. Distance and commodity-specific fixed effects...

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Outward FDI and Parent Exports and Employment : Japan, the United States, and Sweden

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2000

Within Japanese multinational firms, parent exports from Japan to a foreign region are positively related to production in that region by affiliates of that parent, given the parent's home production in Japan and the region's size and income level. This relationship is similar to that found for...

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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy

Davis, Steven J. - 2000

centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 … identify the rise and fall of centralized wage-setting arrangements as a major factor in the evolution of Sweden's industry … accounted for about 40 percent of U.S.-Swedish differences in the industry distribution. The dissolution of Sweden's centralized …

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Education for Growth in Sweden and the World

Krueger, Alan B. - 1999

determinant of income for individuals within countries as diverse as Sweden and the United States. At a national level, however … growth among OECD countries. The conclusion comments on policy implications for Sweden based on the human capital literature …

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How Trade Patterns and Technology Flows Affect Productivity Growth

Keller, Wolfgang - 1999

This paper examines the evidence on technology diffusion through trade in differentiated intermediate goods. Because intermediates are invented through costly research and development (R&D) investments, employing imported intermediates implies an implicit sharing of the technology that was...

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The Unequal Cost of Job Loss across Countries

Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …

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