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The effect of entertainment in newspaper and television news coverage

Greiner, Tanja - 2010

In this paper, we analyze the equilibrium amount of entertainment in news coverage of newspapers and television stations. We find that a shift in the inclination to read, expressed by a shift in the (psychological) distance costs, induces both media outlets to incorporate more entertaining...

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Strategic investment, forward markets and competition

Aichele, Markus - 2014

I model the strategic interaction between firms, that face decisions on investment, forward contracts and spot market quantities. For an investment decision that takes place after firms have contracted forward but before firms compete on the spot market (medium term investment), competition...

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Product differentiation and welfare in a mixed duopoly with regulated prices : the case of a public and a private hospital

Herr, Annika - 2009

welfare in a price regulated duopoly with symmetric locations. In contrast to other studies on mixed oligopolies, this paper … shows that in a duopoly with regulated prices privatisation of the public hospital may increase overall welfare depending on …

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Quality and welfare in a mixed duopoly with regulated prices : the case of a public and a private hospital

Herr, Annika - 2010

, profits, and overall welfare in a price regulated duopoly with exogenous symmetric locations. In contrast to other studies on …, a mixed duopoly outperforms both a private and a public duopoly due to an equilibrium price below (above) the price of … the private (public) duopoly. This medium price discourages overprovision of quality of the less efficient hospital and …