This paper connects two branches of economics in a study of the price formation of industrial commodities. The first branch is the theory of irreversible investment under uncertainty, the second the theory of competitive speculation in stocks. A model which combines these two elements is...

We study a research and development race by extending the standard investment under uncertainty framework. Firms observe the stochastic evolution of their own potential payoffs from entry into a market, while conjecturing about the unobserved state of their opponents. They face a trade-off...

This paper examines the relationship between competitive pressure and financial constraints using firm-level survey data from 27 transition economies of East Europe and Central Asia. Firms exposed to greater competitive pressure from domestic and foreign sources are found to be more likely to...

This paper studies the impacts of the interactions between the changing macroeconomic conditions and the nature of competition on firms' investment timing decisions. With a model featuring business-cycle variations in both the profit level and the expected growth rate and volatility of the...

In this study, we analyze the investment-timing problem and introduce a model of two firms competing for investment preemption, each of which knows in advance the time at which the economic condition that will have an impact on the investment changes. We qualitatively show how two firms...

We model the aid allocation decision where the donor government has announced that good governance is the criterion for receiving aid. Potential recipients must compete for the aid funds. The structure of the competition is important to the donor in terms of achieving good governance, and to the...

This paper used panel data analysis via GMM estimation to investigate a number of contemporary issues regarding whether MENA banks' stability and profitability are affected by market power and market concentration. Additionally, it investigates political issues that took place in late 2010 and...

We explore how coworking spaces are involved in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of start-ups contingent on the lifecycle stage of the firm and the coworking space market itself. Our study is based on a hand-collected detailed sample of coworking spaces in the seven largest regions in Germany. We...

This paper investigates the effect of superstar CEOs on their competitors. Exploiting shocks to CEO status due to prestigious media awards, we document a significant positive stock market performance of competitors of superstar CEOs subsequent to the award. The effect is more pronounced for...