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as suggested in consumer research. On this basis, we investigate monopoly and competition between firms, described via an …
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This paper analysis the Internet interconnection market and combine the main technical (i.e. service quality) and economic aspects (i.e. profits and utility) characterizing relations between market players (end users, EUs; Internet Service Providers, ISPs; Internet Backbone Providers, IBPs) in...
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I present a game-theoretic model where economic competition and attention competition are interdependent. On the one … price competition among all perceived firms. On the other hand attracting attention involves costs which must be covered by … the earnings from competition. It is the task of this paper to clarify the consequences of such an interdependence between …
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In the last decade, many European countries have seen a sharp increase in the number of automated fueling stations. We study the effect of this process innovation on prices at stations that are automated and their competitors using a difference-in-differences matching strategy. Our estimates...
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Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – the FANG companies – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. Soaring consumer access to information, news, social networks, and entertainment has been stimulated by the ever-more ubiquitous and falling...
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There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
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The introduction of smartphones marked a transitional phase in the evolution of pricing for mobile communications …
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offers especially when many consumers prefer comparable offers. This occurs after initial periods with strong competition and … leads to lower welfare for all consumers. In treatments where firms cannot monitor the competition, firms end up having to …
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trade variety for volume, firms face greater competition from the new pooled-products, and intermediaries capture much of …
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trade variety for volume, firms face greater competition from the new pooled-products, and intermediaries capture much of …
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