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We study the equilibrium effects of mergers between firms with brand portfolios and brand loyal customers for pricing … acquisition of brand portfolios can be profit enhancing for the merging firms and payoff neutral for the firms not involved in the … merger. This may explain the emergence of brand conglomerates such as Richemont, PPR or LVMH. -- Brand portfolios ; merger …
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We study the equilibrium effects of mergers between firms with brand portfolios and brand loyal customers for pricing … acquisition of brand portfolios can be profit enhancing for the merging firms and payoff neutral for the firms not involved in the … merger. This may explain the emergence of brand conglomerates such as Richemont, PPR or LVMH …
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Clustering and lack of sufficient diversification in research strategies has been identified as an important problem for delegated research as it takes place in design contests by Erat and Krishnan (2012). We show that this problem can be solved by local competition (such as bribery, lobbying or...
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We study the explanatory role of fundamentals versus the effects of nation brands for the size of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Using the EUROSTAT data on FDI flows we find that the Anholt Nation Brands Index has a significant and strong impact on FDI flows in a multi-variate analysis...
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This paper studies the role of beliefs about own performance or appearance for compliance at the customs. In an experiment in which underreporting has a higher expected payoff than truthful reporting we find: a large share, about 15-20 percent of the subjects, is more compliant if they have...
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