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Competition through Cooperation? The Case of the German Postal Market
Masri, Toufic M. El - 2013
former monopolist? A closer look at the industry revealed that postal providers in Germany engage in different types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700296
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Subadditivity and Contestability in the Postal Sector: Theory and Evidence
Masri, Toufic M. El - 2011
hence demonstrated a necessity for competition in the upstream operations. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828508
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"Testing the Effectiveness of Regulation and Competition on Cable Television Rates"
Kelly, Mary T.; Ying, John S. - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2013
effect of regulation and competition on cable rates. Our calculations indicate that while regulation lowered rates for small … system operators, it raised them for medium and large systems. Meanwhile, competition consistently decreased rates from 5 ….6 to 8.8 percent, with even larger declines during periods of regulation. Our results suggest that competition is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895247
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Competition and investment in telecommunications: Does competition have the same impact on investment by private and state-owned firms?
Lestage, Romain; Flacher, David; Kim, Yeonbae; Kim, Jihwan - In: Information Economics and Policy 25 (2013) 1, pp. 41-50
The liberalization of telecommunications is largely based on the premise that increasing competition will encourage …. However, a key question that has been largely ignored in the literature is whether competition has the same impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010666201
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Team Production in Competitive Labor Markets with Adverse Selection
Siemens, Ferdinand von; Kosfeld, Michael - CESifo - 2014
Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team’s performance and therefore on their colleagues’ productivity. We study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743453
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Team production in competitive labor markets with adverse selection
Siemens, Ferdinand A. von; Kosfeld, Michael - In: European Economic Review 68 (2014) C, pp. 181-198
Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team׳s performance and therefore on their colleagues׳ productivity. We study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048648
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Team Production in Competitive Labor Markets with Adverse Selection
Kosfeld, Michael; Von Siemens, Ferdinand - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team’s performance and therefore on their colleagues’ productivity. We study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084476
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Privileges for Enterprises: Efficient Discrimination or Room for Abuse?
Alexander, Tonis - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 2002
Although many enterprises in Russia have been privatized, the government still retains its influence over them; they, in turn, also try to attain state guardianship. State patronage over firms often takes the form of privileges (e.g., subsidies, tax discounts or government projects) given to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187710
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A Zidane clustering theorem: Why top players tend to play in one team and how the competitive balance can be restored
Vöpel, Henning - Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI) - 2013
shown that the clustering effect must be compensated by decreasing marginal revenue for sporting success in order to restore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985983
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Competition in Services and Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms:Does “Liberalization” Matter?
Forlani, Emanuele - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2012
paper, I empirically investigate whether the degree of competition in services affects the efficiency of manufacturing firms … that variations in the upstream competition, especially in network industries, affect the average productivity level in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272531