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Taxation and market power
Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian; Müller, Wieland - 2009
We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923092
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Taxation and market power
Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian; Müller, Wieland - 2010
We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409129
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Taxation and Market Power
Konrad, Kai A. - 2011
We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133937
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Taxation and Market Power
Konrad, Kai A. - 2010
We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149368
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Taxation and Market Power
Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian; Müller, Wieland - 2011
We analyze the incidence and welfare effects of unit sales taxes in experimental monopoly and Bertrand markets. We find, in line with economic theory, that firms with no market power are able to shift a high share of a tax burden on to consumers, independent of whether buyers are automated or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189876
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Altruism and envy in contests : an evolutionarily stable symbiosis
Konrad, Kai A. - 2002
Altruists and envious people who meet in contests are symbionts. They do better than a population of narrowly rational individuals. If there are only altruists and envious individuals, a particular mixture of altruists and envious individuals is evolutionarily stable.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514081
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Hanging together or being hung separately : the strategic power of coalitions where bargaining occurs with incomplete information ; conference paper
Konrad, Kai A.; Cusack, Thomas R. - 2013
What is the strategic role of membership in an intergovernmental group with unanimity requirements if the group … intergovernmental group. We uncover the role of preference alignment and preference independence between members of the coalition group … for equilibrium payoffs and welfare effects. In this analysis we also distinguishing between coalition groups with and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338972
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Hanging together or hanged separately : the strategic power of coalitions where bargaining occurs with incomplete information
Konrad, Kai A.; Cusack, Thomas R. - 2014
What is the strategic role of membership in an intergovernmental group with unanimity requirements if the group … compared to negotiating as a stand-alone player and reduces the demands of the outside player. Group membership lends … members of the coalition group for equilibrium payoffs and welfare effects. In this analysis, we also distinguish between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053740
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Dynamic Contests
Konrad, Kai A. - 2011
Considering several main types of dynamic contests (the race, the tug-of-war, elimination contests and iterated incumbency fights) we identify a common pattern: the discouragement effect. This effect explains why the sum of rentseeking efforts often falls considerably short of the prize that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132650
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Terrorism and the state
Konrad, Kai A. - 2002
This paper considers terrorism as an extortion activity. It uses tools from the theory of extortion and from conflict theory to describe how terrorism works, why terrorism is a persistent phenomenon, why terrorism is a violent phenomenon, and how retaliation affects the outcome. The analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306959