In this paper, we provide a theoretical framework for exploring the consequences of neighborhood informational effects ?identified as role models? so as to deduce the urban configuration. Specifically, we have developed an overlapping generations model of community formation. When young, an...

This paper examines the interaction between two branches of the competition policy, the merger control and the anticartel fighting. Our model takes into account both the imperfect information of the competition agency on the quality of coordination projects undertaken by the industry firms, and...