This paper analyses the degree of competition among banks and savings banks during the 1992-99 period using two industrial organisation tools: the Panzar and Rosse contrast (1987) and Lerner¿s estimation of indices. Panzar and Rosse¿s contrast does not allow to reject the monopolistic...

The sub-contracting of land transport is the governmental structure most used by Spanish transport firms. This model is the result of a vertical disintegration process that entails selling vehicles and reassigning tasks within or outside the business. Institutional reforms that regulate...

El análisis del mercado de factores no es un tema usual en los cursos convencionales demicroeconomía y cuando se aborda no se explican las motivaciones de las firmas al momento detomar su decisión de compra de insumos. En contraste, se presentan amplias discusiones dirigidasa interpretar...

El estudio de la relación entre la estructura de la industria y el poder de mercado ha sido uno de los temas más discutidos en la literatura microeconómica. En esta investigación se adopta el enfoque de la “Nueva Organización Industrial Empírica” (NOIE) y se siguen los modelos...

This document employs simulation techniques (of what kind) to attempt to replicate the market's behavior under various conditions associated with its competitive structure and the potential existence of entry barriers. The aim is to connect these simulations with theoretical and empirical...

In this paper, we study the relationship between reconciliations in the Colombian electricity market and the bid prices by firms on the spot market. In this work,we propose a model of behavior of the firm to elaborate theoretical predictions about the relationship between the reconciliations and...

In this paper, we study the relationship between reconciliations in the Colombian electricity market and the bid prices by firms on the spot market. In this work,we propose a model of behavior of the firm to elaborate theoretical predictions about the relationship between the reconciliations and...