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Wettbewerbspotenziale im deutschen Apothekenmarkt
Coenen, Michael; Haucap, Justus; Herr, Annika; … - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2011
Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert den Ordnungsrahmen für den deutschen Apothekenmarkt und die dortigen Konkurrenzbeziehungen, welche durch signifikante Wettbewerbsdefizite gekennzeichnet sind. Ausgehend von unserer Diagnose und den Befunden werden die Vor- und Nachteile von zwei...
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Is bank competition detrimental to efficiency? Evidence from China
Fungácová, Zuzana; Pessarossi, Pierre; Weill, Laurent - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2012
This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … efficiency. This suggests that measures to increase bank competition in the Chinese context are not detrimental to efficiency. … efficiency scores for a sample of Chinese banks over the period 2002-2011. Granger-causality tests are performed in a dynamic GMM …
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Share, Price and Category Expenditure-- Geographic Market Effects and Private Labels
William P. Putsis Jr.; Cotterill, Ronald W. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2000
Focusing on the interaction between national brands and private labels, this paper has two main empirical contributions: i) a simultaneous system of demand (share), price and expenditure equations is estimated, and ii) differences in the structure of the local geographic market are incorporated...
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Commodity Price Pass-Through in Differentiated Retail Food Markets
Richards, Timothy J.; Allender, William J.; Pofahl, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Prices for nearly all basic commodity rose at unprecedented rates throughout early 2008, only to fall nearly as fast as financial markets and global economies began to collapse. Rising food prices in 2008 led to concerns that commodity price spikes would lead to more general food inflation, but...
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Share, Price and Category Expenditure -- Geographic Market Effects and Private Labels
Putsis Jr., William P.; Cotterill, Ronald W. - Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy, Department … - 2000
Focusing on the interaction between national brands and private labels, this paper has two main empirical contributions: i) a simultaneous system of demand (share), price and expenditure equations is estimated, and ii) differences in the structure of the local geographic market are incorporated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005510739
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National, Regional, and State-Level Estimates of Returns to Scale in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Baral, Ranju; Davis, George C.; You, Wen - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 45 (2013) 02
The effectiveness of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program in achieving its goals at the national, regional, and state level is unknown. Using US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data from all states and territories for the years 2000–2006, the impact of program and...
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L'irrigation dans la communaute Andine: a une construction sociale.
Boelens, Rutgerd; Appollin, Frederic - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Inferring the strategy space from market outcomes
Menezes, Flavio; Quiggin, John - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2013
In this paper we show that, if demand varies stochastically, and firms compete after the realization of demand shocks, the strategy space may be inferred from market evidence. The key idea is that, in equilibrium, each firm acts as a monopolist, choosing the optimal price-quantity combination...
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Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward for Uganda’s Trade in Education services within the East African Community
Othieno, Lawrence; Nampewo, Dorothy - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
The reforms in the services sector have seen tremendous growth in the sector’s contribution of GDP across all economies around the world. In Uganda, the share of services to total GDP is more than half in nominal terms. In this regard, with deeper regional integration among East African...
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China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain
Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.; Longworth, John W. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching implications for rural development, international competitiveness / trade and food safety. There are, however, few studies that examine in detail how the modernisation program has...
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