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Measuring consumer well-being from using zero price digital services : the case of navigation apps and location-based services
Sobolewski, Maciej - 2021
. In the experiment, the respondents are confronted with a range of location-sharing conditions set by a navigation … from using basic satellite navigation without location-based functionalities is estimated at 8.06 EUR per month. Adding …Digital maps and navigation applications are considered an essential tool by 70% of smartphone users. As these apps …
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Quantifying bargaining power in supply chains : essential for merger control
Delaprez, Yann; Guignard, Morgane - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 22/23, pp. 159-164
Merger control plays a central role in competition policy. When assessing proposed mergers, Competition Authorities should consider its impact on all relevant markets. Large mergers between manufacturers typically impact competition, thus requiring the approval of Competition Authorities....
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Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Consumer Welfare
Jayawardhana, Jayani - 2013
The welfare implications of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) have garnered considerable attention and are complicated since the consumer delegates some decision-making authority to the physician, who is exposed to advertising as well. In this paper, I develop and estimate a structural model...
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Fusionskontrolle muss Verhandlungsmacht in Wertschöpfungsketten beachten
Delaprez, Yann; Guignard, Morgane - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 91 (2024) 22, pp. 323-328
Im Rahmen der Wettbewerbspolitik spielt neben dem Kartellverbot und der Missbrauchsaufsicht die Fusionskontrolle eine zentrale Rolle. Fusionen zwischen großen Herstellern beeinflussen typischerweise den Wettbewerb und müssen daher von den Wettbewerbsbehörden genehmigt werden. Dabei sind...
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Measuring consumer well-being from using free-of-charge digital services : the case of navigation apps
Sobolewski, Maciej - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 56 (2021), pp. 1-14
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Monetäre Bewertung der Netzzuverlässigkeit für eine effiziente Qualitätsanreizregulierung
Merz, Carina - 2008
Ziel dieses Papers ist es, im Hinblick auf die in Deutschland geplante Einführung eines Qualitätsanreizsystems bei Elektrizitätsnetzbetreibern, eine geeignete Methode für die hierfür notwendige Bewertung der Netzzuverlässigkeit gleichbedeutend mit den wohlfahrtswirksamen Stromausfallkosten...
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Microcredit in Developed Countries : Unexpected Consequences of Loan-Size Ceilings
Cozarenco, Anastasia - 2013
In most developed countries, regulators have imposed loan-size ceilings to subsidized microfinance institutions (MFIs). Entrepreneurs holding above-ceiling projects then need to secure partial funding by a bank before applying for microcredit. In turn, the MFI is tempted to free ride on bank...
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The Regulation of Prosocial Lending : Are Loan Ceilings Effective?
Cozarenco, Anastasia; Szafarz, Ariane - 2021
Regulatory loan ceilings are commonly found in the prosocial lending sector, yet they can have unintended perverse effects. By mitigating the risk of adverse selection, loan caps catalyze co-financing arrangements between subsidized lenders and commercial banks. These arrangements can, in turn,...
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The welfare effects of mobile internet access : evidence from Roam-Like-At-Home
Quinn, Martin; Matos, Miguel Godinho de; Peukert, Christian - 2022
We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual-level usage data suggest that consumer surplus increased by...
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Reference pricing systems on the pharmaceutical market
Unsorg, Maximiliane - 2018
Constantly rising expenditures for pharmaceuticals require government intervention in firms' pricing decisions. To this end, reference pricing systems are a frequently employed regulatory mechanism. This paper considers a duopoly market with vertically differentiated firms under different...
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