show that sectors characterized by a higher degree of competition (more substitutable products and a lower concentration of … evidence. In an oligopolistic market, firms can benefit from an increase in their product-specific protection measure, if they … are more likely to reduce profits. In competitive markets firms are therefore more likely to lobby together thereby …

literature to introduce an empirical framework for analyzing network competition among airlines. Airlines make market entry … decisions and choose flight frequencies in the first stage, followed by price competition to attract passengers in the second …

We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual … connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping …

We use new theory and data to study how firms endogenously form production networks across regions and countries …. Supplier and buyer relationships form depending on firms' productivity and geographic location. We characterize the normative …

We provide a general framework for the study of cascade effects created by interconnections between sectors, firms or … suppliers propagates through the rest of the economy as their downstream sectors/firms also suffer and transmit the negative … shock to their downstream sectors/firms. We also link the probabilities of tail events (large negative deviations of …

We organized business associations for the owner-managers of randomly selected young Chinese firms to study the effect … of business networks on firm performance. We randomized 2,800 firms into small groups whose managers held monthly … meetings improved supplier-client matching. (6) Firms whose managers discussed management, partners, or finance improved more …