other. As for competition policy, this implies that growth-enhancing policies maybe misguided and that quick deregulation as …This paper proves three theorems on growth and competition in a standard increasing variety endogenous growth model and … draws conclusions for second-best competition policies. First, no growth may be better than some growth, since modest …

to estimate structural relationships of the competition model, a product differentiated setting with conduct parameter …

This paper aims at developing a competition model for a relevant subset of the Brazilian airline industry: the air … shuttle market on the route Rio de Janeiro Ð S*o Paulo, a pioneer service created in 1959. The competition model presented … permitted making inference on the impacts of liberalisation on competition and investigating an alleged collusive behaviour of …

crucial importance in the deregulation of many previously regulated industries including telecommunications, gas, electricity … products under Bertrand price competition fra-mework. These results suggest that, in general, it is important for regulators to …

compare the welfare effects of upstream versus downstream deregulation policies and show that the impact of deregulation may …

size is important for product differentiation. Following deregulation, bank competition intensifies and cost efficiency …This paper examines competition among commercial banks following deregulation in a small open economy. I jointly … structure. The empirical results show that the banking sector is characterized by the Nash-Bertrand equilibrium in which bank …

compare the welfare effects of upstream versus downstream deregulation policies and show that the impact of deregulation may …