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So long as the entry and exit of firms using the generic technology sets the price in an industry, one or more price-taking firms can coexist with proprietary technologies yielding more or less substantial quasi-rents to the sunk development costs. Consumer welfare is increased if an innovator...
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absolute margin. We derive these results in both a monopoly model and a variety of different competitive models. We conclude …
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aftermarkets? In this paper we explore a number of models characterized by either competition or monopoly in the new-unit market …, and show that a variety of behaviors that hurt competition in aftermarkets can, in fact, be efficient responses to …
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This paper sets up a microeconomic theory of labor unions. It discusses their formation and goals, their hierarchical … structure, and the nature of rent distribution. The theory provides predictions for the probability that an industry or …
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Open borders imply systems competition. This paper studies the implications of systems competition for the national … competition rules. It is shown that an equilibrium where all countries retain their antitrust laws does not exist, since … profits. Instead of such an equilibrium, a deregulation race is likely to emerge in which all but the last country repeal …
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deregulation in China. Such deregulation leads to higher screening standards, lower interest rates, and lower delinquency rates for … following deregulation. Deregulation also amplifies bank credit from productive private firms to inefficient SOEs due mainly to …
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We examine the effect of US branch banking deregulations on the entry size of new firms using micro-data from the US Census Bureau. We find that the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, among firms that survived at least four years, a greater...
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This paper examines vertical arrangements in electricity markets. Vertically integrated wholesalers, or those with long-term contracts, have less incentive to raise wholesale prices when retail prices are determined beforehand. For three restructured markets, we simulate prices that define...
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competition among large countries (US/EU) to negotiate preferential arrangements with smaller countries or regions will lower …
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capacity on competition among" generators. We show that there may be no relationship between the effect of a transmission line …" in spurring competition and the actual electricity that flows on the line. We then investigate the" equilibria that are … relatively small investments in transmission may yield surprisingly large" payoffs in terms of increased competition …
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