In this paper, we offer a hybrid approach to merger simulation in which we allow rather extensive pre-testing to suggest the ‘correct', or most desirable, form for the underlying demand curves. Our application is the merger between the large mobile telephone companies Cingular and AT&T...

Bosnian Abstract:U radu se analiziraju oblici konkurencije u prehrambenoj industriji Jugoslavije, koja se inače smatra jednim od konkurentnijih delova privrede. Analiza je zasnovana na podacima Zavoda za obračun i plaćanje i Zavoda za statistiku, korišćenjem standardnih metodoloških...

In the presence of strong economies of scale, a fall in transport costs can lead to a more pronounced geographical concentration of production. This is very apparent in the growing concentration of breweries in England from 1900-1970. The number of breweries in England fell sharply between 1900...

El presente estudio pretende analizar el comportamiento del sector en la última década y comprender los antecedentes de la situación que atraviesan actualmente los caficultores en Colombia. En el documento se presenta una revisión de las principales variables relacionadas con la producción...

The government has proposed a ban on the sale of energy drinks to minors on the basis that these products have high levels of sugar and caffeine, and can be damaging to health. Many energy drinks are low in sugar or contain no sugar at all. Even full sugar energy drinks do not contain more sugar...

Accumulated theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that wine prices depend upon quality, reputation and objective characteristics. Unlike previous studies, we recognize that quality and reputation are latent constructs and therefore employ factor analysis and 2SLS techniques to consistently...

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that Americans rely on certain for-profit corporations to supply the essentials of everyday life. Even though the government had assumed extraordinary responsibilities for the wellbeing of its citizens for the duration of the crisis, for-profit companies were...

This paper estimates a structural model of the Brazilian carbonated soft drink industry to test the claim that the observed low prices of low-end entrants owe to marginal cost advantages over the large, established brands, allegedly stemming chiefly from tax evasion. Such entrants, numbering in...

In this paper the two major breweries in Mexico, Grupo Modelo and Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewering Company (Cervecería Cuahtemoc-Moctezuma) are analyzed which already have long formed part of an oligopoly because these two companies account for more than 99% of beer market in this country. All...

Serbian Abstract: У раду се анализирају облици тржишних структура (конкуренције) у прехрамбеној индустрији Југославије, која се иначе сматрају једним од...