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operating in the short run under systematically varied concentration and capacity conditions. The pricing of electricity is …
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Few studies have examined the impact of portfolio concentration upon the realised volatility of stock index portfolios … concentration metrics for the FTSE 100 Index over the period from January 1984 through March 2003. In addition, the value weighted … concentration was at its highest level. Hence the findings of the study are consistent with the notion that the value weighted, and …
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the production of their inputs allows them to avoid transaction costs. Higher market concentration, a proxy of higher … are likely to trade, we construct a mill-specific concentration measure as a substitute to traditional regional … concentration measures. We also narrow our sample to mills producing free sheet paper, the most profitable paper grade in this …
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In this paper we re-examine empirically the Structure-Conduct-Performance relationship between concentration and … concentration does increase profitability, but only in geographically dispersed industries, suggesting that regional markets are an …
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We investigate the effects of market power, banking and bank-environment activities on profitability and stability (risk and returns) for a total of 1929 banks in 40 emerging and advanced economies over the sample period of 1999-2008. The model developed in this paper incorporates the...
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We investigate the effects of market power, banking and bank-environment activities on profitability and stability (risk and returns) for a total of 1929 banks in 40 emerging and advanced economies over the sample period of 1999-2008. The model developed in this paper incorporates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480842
This study examines the conflicts arising from the requirements of the food retail chains and theirpossible solutions, based on an analysis of the foreign and domestic trade literature and on a domestic assessmentof 2008. Direct supplies from small-scale producers have future prospects only in...
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The dissertation tracks the media development and diversity policy positions of the SouthAfrican government with a particular focus on the establishment of the MediaDevelopment and Diversity Agency. It tracks the reasons for the reduction in theAgency’s funding and the curtailing of its...
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Indian newspaper industry requires readership-based concentration measures than the circulation-based approach. This paper … reveals substantial concentration in Indian newspaper industry and provides evidence for negative relationship between market … size and concentration. It argues that concentration in newspaper market explains the democratic participation in terms of …
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Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the …
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