(QHFT) model, we classify export goods (at the HS 6-digit level of disaggregation) by quality and price competition. We find …

This paper gives a survey of often used techniques to determine hedonic price indices. The hedonic function analyses … the relationship between certain aspects of a product's quality and its price by applying regression techniques. Thus it … is possible to distinguish between the effects of changes in quality and pure price effects, providing a method to …

Hospital markets are often characterised by price regulation and the existence of different ownership types. Using a …, profits, and overall welfare in a price regulated duopoly with exogenous symmetric locations. In contrast to other studies on … driving force is the single regulated price which induces under-(over-)provision of quality of the more (less) efficient …

model that combines aspects of non-cooperative R&D with the theory of differentiated oligopolies: In stage one, firms …

We present a theory of how advertising can break a lock-in by distorting beliefs about market shares in markets with …