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In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice
Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601065
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In absolute or relative terms? How framing prices affects the consumer price sensitivity of health plan choice
Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011
This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282513
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The Economics of Warm Glow: A Note on Consumer's Behavior and Public Policy Implications
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Onofri, Laura - 2004
The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324992
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Die späten Innovationsphasen - Zur Bedeutung der Zusammenarbeit zwischen zentralem und lokalem Produktmanagement. Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung in der Konsumgüterindustrie
Baumgarten, Antje; Herstatt, Cornelius - 2005
Die vorliegende Untersuchung betrachtet die Zusammenarbeit mit dem lokalen Produktmanagement bei der internationalen … Produktmanagement liegt. Innovationsabteilungen und Lead Countries spielen eine untergeordnete Rolle. Trotz der in der Literatur … lokalen Produktmanagement als tendenziell positiv beurteilt. Verbesserungspotentiale werden in einer besseren Information des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308097
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Do slotting allowances harm retail competition?
Foros, Øystein; Kind, Hans Jarle - 2006
Slotting allowances are fees paid by manufacturers to get access to retailers' shelf space. Both in the USA and Europe, the use of slotting allowances has attracted attention in the general press as well as among policy makers and economists. One school of thought claims that slotting allowances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263980
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Verkaufsförderung im Wettbewerb - eine empirische Analyse am Beispiel von Preis-Promotions im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel
Zeisberg, Matthias - 2021
Even in the age of digitization, traditional price promotions are a key element of the stationary retail marketing mix, which is particularly true for FMCG products. Since the 1970s, many scientific studies have dealt with the short- and long-term effectiveness of this vital technique to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613053
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Price and Inventory Dynamics in an Oligopoly Industry: A Framework for Commodity Markets
Steinmetz, Alexander - 2010
This paper analyzes the interaction between price and inventory decisions in an oligopoly industry and its implications for the dynamics of prices. The work extends existing literature and especially the work of Hall and Rust (2007) to endogenous prices and strategic oligopoly competition. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294737
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Turkey and the Ankara Treaty of 1963: What can Trade Integration Do for Turkish Exports
Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Herzer, Dierk; … - 2005
This paper investigates the trade effects of Turkey?s trade integration into the EU. To this end sectoral trade flows to the EU based on panel data from the period 1988 to 2002 are examined concentrating on Turkey?s sixteen most important export sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296392
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Licensing by a monopolist and unionized labor market
Mukherjee, Soma; Broll, Udo; Mukherjee, Arijit - 2007
We show that a monopolist final goods producer may find it profitable to create competition by licensing its technology if the input market is imperfectly competitive. With a centralized union, we show that licensing by a monopolist is profitable under both uniform and discriminatory wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296821
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Smart entry in local retail markets for electricity and natural gas
Bartholomae, Florian W.; Morasch, Karl; Tóth, Rita Orsolya - 2009
mit einer festen Marge dem traditionellen Eintritt mit anschließendem Preiswettbewerb überlegen ist, da dem etablierten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300418