This dissertation consists of three essays. In the first one (Chapter three), âGains and Losses from Household Formation,â I introduce a general equilibrium model, wherein a household may consist of more than one member, each with their own preferences and endowments. In these models at first,...

A large part of the empirical work on differentiated products markets has focused ondemand estimation and the pricing behavior of firms. These two themes are key inputsin important applications such as the merging of two firms or the introduction of newproducts. The validity of inferences,...

The Internet has a loosely hierarchical structure. At the top of the hierarchy are the backbones, also called Internet Access Providers (hereafter IAPs). The second layer of the hierarchy is comprised of Internet Service Providers (hereafter ISPs). At the bottom of the hierarchy are the end...

This dissertation consists of three essays on econometric analysis including both parametric and nonparametric econometrics. The first chapter outlines three topics involved and briefly discusses the motivations and methods, as well as some conclusions in each of the following chapters.Both...

This dissertation consists of three essays on theoretical analysis of economic agents' decision making and incentives. Chapter 1 gives an outline of the subjects to be examined in the subsequent chapters and shows their conclusions in brief.Chapter 2 explores the decision problem of a...

This dissertation explores technical regulations (sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, technical barriers to trade, and geographical indications) in Central American agricultural and food trade. In the first part, a framework to systematically evaluate the broad issues for developing...

Chapter 2 deals with a linear city model à la Hotelling where the two firms share linear transport costs with their customers. Mill pricing and uniform delivery pricing are special limiting cases. We characterize the conditions for the existence of a pure strategy equilibrium in the two-stage...

This collection of papers originates from myinterest in the reform efforts in transitionaleconomies. Each of the chapters is self-contained.Chapter one presents a brief literature surveyof those schools of thought that have contributedto our knowledge about privatization.In chapter two, a public...

The Industrial Organization literature investigates the product market decisions of a firm while the corporate finance literature explores the financing decisions of the firm. But the truth is both the financing decisions and the product market decisions are interdependent and should be modeled...

The first part of this dissertation investigates the possibility of an output cut by a firm as a result of an increase in demand in industries with constrained capacities. We are specially interested in the crude oil industry, although thepaper has implications beyond that market. Two simple...