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Essays in empirical industrial economics
Zulehner, Christine - 2001
This thesis consists of two parts, which are connected by an introduction on auction and oligopoly markets and a short …
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Four Essays in Insurance
Sonnenholzner, Michael - 2005
This thesis contains four essays which are all from the broader field of insurance economics. The chapters can be read independently, although there is a certain connection between the articles. Chapter 2, which deals with moral hazard, and chapter 3, which is on oligopolistic models in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451144
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On singular control games : with applications to capital accumulation
Steg, Jan-Henrik - 2010
The aim of this work is to establish a mathematically precise framework for studying games of capital accumulation under uncertainty. Such games arise as a natural extension from different perspectives that all lead to singular control exercised by the agents, which induces some essential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452649
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Mergers during the first and second phase of globalization: Success, insider trading, and the role of regulation
Kling, Gerhard - 2004
The merger wave that took place during the first phase of globalization, which lasted from 1895 to 1914, changed the … merger announcements; thereby, a higher market value is the recipe for success and not firm size. Encouraged by the results … values stemming from a merger announcement, another question would arise. Which type of shareholder gains from higher market …
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Bioentrepreneurship in Germany
Patzelt, Holger - 2005
. Problems that may occur during post-merger integration include the incompatibility of the partners? technologies and the … Unternehmen nicht den richtigen Partner findet oder keine Unterst?tzung von seinen Investoren erh?lt. W?hrend der Post-Merger …
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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?
Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007
The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485581
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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector
Martin Berger - 2005
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429012
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Matching Issues: An auction with externalities and unraveling matching markets
Ranger, Martin - 2005
This dissertation examines two problems that may arise in matching problems.The first two chapters deal with auctions for multiple units where bidders exhibitexternalities. The third chapter links risk aversion and information to unraveling inlabor markets.Auctions can lead to efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450582
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Three Essays on Vertical Product Differentiation: Exclusivity, Non-exclusivity and Advertising
Costantino, Cesar - 2004
Since Hotelling's (1929) seminal work, economists have tried to understand how product differentiation affects price competition. I study the product location decisions, on a vertical characteristic space, of two sets of horizontal competitors when the inputs supplied by the "upstream" set (the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450693
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Die Pharmaindustrie und die Biotechnologie: Analyse der Veränderungen in der Industriestruktur
Spaethe, Tilman Urs - 2001
‘natural’ appropriability). The knowledge factor is further used to develop the theory of escalation mechanism by …
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