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Standard methods in the U.S. for calculating antitrust damages in price-fixing cases is shown to create a strategic incentive for firms to price above the non-collusive price after the cartel has dissolved. This results in an overestimate of the but for price and an underestimate of the level of...
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We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a …
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predicted by theory, an increase in the number of firms from two to four reduces investments. However, a positive effect is … observed for a switch from Cournot to Bertrand, even though theory predicts a negative effect in the four-player case. This …
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We examine how globalization affects firms incentives to train workers. In our model, firms invest in productivity-enhancing worker training before Cournot competition takes place. When two separated product markets become integrated and are thus replaced with a market with greater demand and...
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