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In the German automobile industry the vertical integration, as an indicator of value added, is on average low. Beyond the argument of relative high labour costs for manufacturing, several specific reasons for the level of vertical integration, linked to the flexibility of business administration...
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We provide a simple model to investigate decisions on vertical integration/separation. The key feature of this model is that more than one input is required for the final products of the local downstream monopolists. Depending on their cost structure, downstream firms' decisions on vertical...
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The paper explores incentives for strategic vertical separation of firms in a framework of a simple duopoly model. Each firm chooses either to be a retailer of its own good (vertical integration) or to sell its good through an independent exclusive retailer (vertical separation). In the latter...
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Computerbesitzer kombinieren Komplementärguter zu einem Computersystem. Mit dem Computersystem möchten sie Daten mit anderen Nachfragern und zwischen verschiedenen Applikationen austauschen. Aus diesen Interdependenzen ergeben sich drei verschiedene Netzwerkeffekte, die im Rahmen eines...
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Regulating seaports is difficult in general, even more so for the weak regulatory institutions common in developing countries. For this reason some countries have awarded these facilities via Demsetz auctions, to the port operator that bids the lowest cargo-handling fee. A major concern with...
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regulation, vertical integration and legal unbundling regimes provide highest investment incentives and lead to highest welfare … the entrant is low. Under ownership unbundling, investment incentives are lower but there is never foreclosure of the … investment incentives are crowded out under legal and ownership unbundling whereas they remain nearly unchanged under vertical …
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generalizes the traditional IO approach, employing ideas on coalition-formation from cooperative game theory. The model suggests …-jumping foreign direct investment. …
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The purpose of this report is to contribute to the analysis of two questions. Should a merger control system take into … theoretical and empirical studies of mergers and merger control. Next, we review the current legal practice in seven OECD … jurisdictions. Finally, we propose a merger control system, emphasising the central role of informational limitations. Based on our …
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