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Generic Advertising, Brand Advertising and Price Competition: An Analysis of Free-Riding Effects and Coordination Mechanisms

Roma, Paolo; Perrone, Giovanni - In: Review of Marketing Science 8 (2010) 1

The main purpose of generic advertising is to enlarge the total market demand rather than capturing further slices from competitors. Several studies point out emergence of free-riding behavior under independent contribution and suggest use of coordination mechanism. However, existing literature...

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A Simple Model of Entry That Increases Price Levels and Price Dispersion

Zhou, Wen - In: Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (2006) 1

Abstract A monopolist who originally charges a uniform price across all markets may switch to discriminatory pricing upon the entry of a competitor. As a result, intensified competition may lead to more dispersed prices as well as higher prices for some or all consumers.

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Preisbildung bei ambulant und stationär erbrachten Gesundheitsleistungen / Pricing of Ambulatory and Stationary Health Services

Neubauer, Günter; Pfister, Florian - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227 (2007) 5-6, pp. 621-635

Summary In all health care systems exists governmental regulation, as the market for health is unanimously regarded as imperfect. The German health care market is a good example for a strongly regulated market in nearly each submarket, partially the determination of prices. Reimbursement of...

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Engines Powered by Renewable Energy, the Network of Filling Stations and Compatibility Decisions

Conrad, Klaus - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 4, pp. 362-381

Summary The paper addresses entry barriers for a new technology - hydrogen powered cars or cars with fuel cell engines - if the network of its filling stations is missing. We use Hotelling’s model of product differentiation to characterize a situation where an incumbent firm produces the old...

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National culture and inter-tier price competition

Sivakumar, K. - In: Journal of Product & Brand Management 23 (2014) 2, pp. 131-138

Purpose – This research aims to examine the role of national culture dimensions in the nature of tier competition between high-tier brands and low-tier brands. Design/methodology/approach – It starts with a conceptual framework based on prospect theory to explain the asymmetric inter-tier...

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Bias and Size Effects of Price-Comparison Platforms: Theory and Experimental Evidence

García-Gallego, Aurora; Georgantzís, Nikolaos; … - In: Review of Network Economics 15 (2017) 1, pp. 1-34

Abstract We analyze the impact on consumer prices of some information characteristics of price-comparison search platforms. An equilibrium model where vendors compete in prices and consumers do not observe prices, but can obtain price information through a search platform, is developed. The...

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Competitive Effects of Mass Customization

Loginova, Oksana - In: Review of Marketing Science 10 (2012) 1

Abstract The existing theoretical literature on mass customization maintains that customization reduces product differentiation and intensifies price competition. In contrast, operations management studies argue that customization serves primarily to differentiate a company from its competitors....

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The negative effect of an accounting standard on employee welfare : The case of McDonnell Douglas Corporation and FASB 106

Baker, C. Richard; Stephan Hayes, Rick - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 8 (1995) 3, pp. 12-33

Investigates the negative effect on employee welfare caused by economic decisions taken by corporate managements which … have negatively affected employee welfare, and these actions have been attributed to FASB 106. Some of the hardest hit are …

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Economic value of tradable farmland use rights and mortgage loans in China

Holly Wang, H. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 68 (2008) 2, pp. 289-300

shows farmers’ welfare gain in the presence of such mortgage loans with a theoretical model. Cases of risks and asymmetric …

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Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression

Bocher, Temesgen Fitamo; Alemu, Bamlaku Alamirew; … - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 8 (2017) 1, pp. 51-65

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how credit access affects the welfare of households and sheds light … that determine the decision to take credit and the effect of such decision on household welfare. The household welfare … of the impacts of access to credit on household welfare in Ethiopia. The study contributes to the debate on the link …

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