shown that the clustering effect must be compensated by decreasing marginal revenue for sporting success in order to restore …

looks at possible solutions to increase competition in the industry, of which we recommend regulatory local loop unbundling …

suppliers through a horizontal channel. Under the classic Bertrand competition framework, we analyze two competing firms' price … horizontal price competition. Specifically, with trade credit, the firms will behave less aggressively in setting their prices … the competition with trade credit. We find that the horizontal benefit of trade credit over cash contracts increases as …

This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly … East Germany which point to a substantial shift in industry structure. Minimum wages decreased both market entries and … competition for this group of firms and helped them to increase profitability. The increasing share of sole traders may indicate …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

estimation results, we relate productivity estimates with import competition, using firm and product level measures of import … competition. We find that if productivity at the firm level tends to positively react to increased import competition, the multi …-product firms response varies according to the relative importance of the product that faces stronger import competition in the firm …