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The Worldwide Economic Impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2005
. Britain's control of the seas meant that it was much less affected than other nations, such as France and the United States …. Explicit welfare calculations are provided for four countries, Britain, France, Sweden and the United States. Welfare losses … France, and between 1.7-1.8% per annum in Britain. On the other hand, the conflict helped pave the way for the more liberal …
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Widows' Time, Time Stress and Happiness : Adjusting to Loss
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
By age 77 a plurality of women in wealthy Western societies are widows. Comparing older (aged 70+) married women to widows in the American Time Use Survey 2003-18 and linking the data to the Current Population Survey allow inferring the short- and longer-term effects of an arguably exogenous...
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The Consequences of Radical Reform : The French Revolution
Acemoglu, Daron; Cantoni, Davide; Robinson, James A.; … - 2009
the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various …
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Amazon Self-preferencing in the Shadow of the Digital Markets Act
Waldfogel, Joel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
. Using data on over 8 million Amazon search results at 22 Amazon domains in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, I document three … positions were unaffected. The changed Amazon search rankings appear in both Europe and other jurisdictions …
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Exclusionary Minimum Resale Price Maintenance
Asker, John - 2010
An upstream manufacturer can use minimum retail price maintenance (RPM) to exclude potential competitors. RPM lets the incumbent manufacturer transfer profits to retailers. If entry is accommodated, upstream competition leads to fierce down- stream competition and the breakdown of RPM. Hence,...
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Free Riding and Sales Strategies for the Internet
Carlton, Dennis W. - 2001
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 retailers can free ride off of that promotional effort. This...
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Vertical Information Restraints : Pro- and Anti-Competitive Impacts of Minimum Advertised Price Restrictions
Asker, John - 2016
We consider vertical contracts where the retail market may involve search frictions. Minimum advertised price restrictions (MAP) act as a restraint on customers' information and so can increase search frictions in the retail sector. Such restraints, thereby, soften retail competition--an impact...
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Empirical Evidence on Conditional Pricing Practices
Genchev, Bogdan - 2016
Conditional pricing practices allow the terms of sale between a producer and a downstream distributor to vary based on the ability of the downstream firm to meet a set of conditions put forward by the producer. The conditions may require a downstream firm to accept minimum quantities or multiple...
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Business environment and firm entry : evidence from international data
Klapper, Leora - 2004
"Using a comprehensive database of firms in Western and Eastern Europe, we study how the business environment in a …
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Consumer City
Glaeser, Ed - 2000
Urban economics has traditionally viewed cities as having advantages in production and disadvantages in consumption. We argue that the role of urban density in facilitating consumption is extremely important and understudied. As firms become more mobile, the success of cities hinges more and...
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