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examines the effects of an increasing dominance of finance since the early/mid 1990s on income distribution, investment in …
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macroeconomic performance: the distribution channel. Empirical data for the following dimensions of redistribution in the period of … finance-dominated capitalism since the early 1980s is provided for 15 advanced capitalist economies: functional distribution …, personal/household distribution, and the share and composition of top incomes. Based on the Kaleckian approach to the …
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We present an investigation into the long-run effects of financialisation on income distribution before the financial … approach towards the examination of the effects of financialisation on income distribution, as suggested by Hein (2014a). First …, we show that Germany saw considerable re-distribution of income starting in early 1980s, which accelerated in the early …
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We present an investigation into the long-run effects of financialisation on income distribution before the financial … approach towards the examination of the effects of financialisation on income distribution, as suggested by Hein (2014a). First …, we show that Germany saw considerable re-distribution of income starting in early 1980s, which accelerated in the early …
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We study mergers in a market where N firms sell a homogeneous good and consumers search sequentially to discover prices. The main motivation for such an analysis is that mergers generally affect market prices and thereby, in a search environment, the search behavior of consumers. Endogenous...
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We present an oligopoly model where a certain fraction of consumers engage in costly non-sequential search to discover prices. There are three distinct price dispersed equilibria characterized by low, moderate and high search intensity, respectively. We show that the effects of an increase in...
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We modify the paper of Stahl (1989) [Stahl, D.O., 1989. Oligopolistic pricing with sequential consumer search. American Economic Review 79, 700–12] by relaxing the assumption that consumers obtain the first price quotation for free. When all price quotations are costly to obtain, the unique...
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This paper gives an overview and evaluates the literature on Microfoundations.<P> See also 'Microfoundations: A Critical Inquiry', Routledge, London, 1993 Reviewed in Economic Journal, 1994; De Economist, 1995; Journal of Economic Methodology, 1996; Economics and Philosophy, 1996).
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This paper presents an empirical examination of oligopoly pricingand consumer search. The theoretical model allows for sequential andnon-sequential search and using the theoretical restrictions firm andconsumer behavior impose on the data we study the empirical validity of themodels. Two...
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Despite the mixed empirical evidence, many economists stillhold to the view that Internet will promote competition betweenfirms,thereby lowering prices and increasing economic welfare. This paperpresents a search model that provides a different view. We analyzethemarket for a homogeneous good...
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