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Turkey and the Ankara Treaty of 1963: What can Trade Integration Do for Turkish Exports

Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Herzer, Dierk; … - 2005

This paper investigates the trade effects of Turkey?s trade integration into the EU. To this end sectoral trade flows to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 are examined concentrating on Turkey?s sixteen most important export sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of price...

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Have Indonesian Rubber Processors Formed a Cartel? Analysis of Intertemporal Marketing Margin Manipulation

Kopp, Thomas; Alamsyah, Zulkifli; Fatricia, Raja Sharah; … - 2014

In Indonesia the agricultural sector plays a key role for broad based economic development in rural areas. Rubber is one of the most important crops, and Indonesia is the second largest producer in the world. However, a high level of concentration in the processing industry limits the spread of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011319101

International shocks and domestic prices: How large are strategic complementarities?

Amiti, Mari; Itskhoki, Oleg; Konings, Jozef - 2016

How strong are strategic complementarities in price setting across firms? In this paper, we provide a direct empirical estimate of firm price responses to changes in prices of their competitors. We develop a general framework and an empirical identification strategy to estimate the elasticities...

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International shocks and domestic prices: How large are strategic complementarities?

Amiti, Mary; Itskhoki, Oleg; Konings, Jozef - 2016

How strong are strategic complementarities in price setting across firms? In this paper, we provide a direct empirical estimate of firms' price responses to changes in prices of their competitors. We develop a general framework and an empirical identification strategy to estimate the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538001

Cartel Duration and Endogenous Private Monitoring and Communication: An Instrumental Variables Approach

Zhou, Jun - 2012

. Estimating the impact of such collusive practices'€" known as the 'lysine strategy profile (LSP)€'€" on cartel duration is … related to cartel duration. After correction for selectivity in the decision to use the LSP, statistical tests are consistent … with a theoretic prediction that the LSP increases cartel duration. …

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Evaluating Leniency with Missing Information on Undetected Cartels: Exploring Time-Varying Policy Impacts on Cartel Duration

Zhou, Jun - 2011

detecting and deterring cartels. As a supplementary analysis, the US leniency is studied. I discuss a dynamic model of cartel … formation and dissolution to illustrate how changes in antitrust policies and economic conditions might affect cartel duration … heterogeneity of cartels and the time-varying policy impacts suggested by theory. Contrary to earlier studies, my statistical tests …

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An assessment of the trends in international price competitiveness among EMU countries

Fischer, Christoph - 2007

Inflation differentials within European Monetary Union (EMU) are increasingly seen as exerting adverse effects on the price competitiveness of member countries' firms and – given the common monetary policy within EMU – as being detrimental to euro-area economies, in particular to those with...

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Staggering and Synchronisation of Prices in a Low Inflation Environment: Evidence from German Food Stores

Loy, Jens-Peter; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2002

Only a few studies have analysed staggering and synchronisation in pricing behaviour of multi-product firms. These studies used low-frequency data in an environment of high rates of inflation. This paper investigates staggering and synchronisation of weekly prices for ten food products in 131...

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Declining export prices due to increased competition from NIC: Evidence from Germany and the CEEC

Gundel, Sebastian - 2007

In this paper the export demand and supply of German manufacturing industry is estimated for the period 1993:1 through 2005:4. The Johansen (1991, 1994) procedure is applied to estimate the long-run relationship in a VECM. Special attention is pointed on the development of the German export...

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The Impact of the Internet on Retail Competition: Evidence from Technological Differences in Internet Access

Gebhardt, Georg - 2010

Does the internet increase competition? To address this question, I exploit two institutional details unique to Germany: (1) Some municipalities received glass fibre cables that cannot be upgraded to DSL; I use these municipalities as a treatment group with reduced online competition. (2) German...

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