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Minimum wages and competition : the case of the German roofing sector
Kraft, Kornelius; Rammer,Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra - 2012
This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly … competition for this group of firms and helped them to increase profitability. The increasing share of sole traders may indicate … wage. In the western part of the country minimum wages had no impact on competition. -- Minimum Wage ; Competition ; Firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675281
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Labor responses, regulation and business churn
Aloi, Marta; Dixon, Huw; Savagar, Anthony - 2018
We develop a model of sluggish firm entry to explain short-run labor responses to technology shocks. We show that the labor response to technology and its persistence depend on the degree of returns to labor and the rate of firm entry. Existing empirical results support our theory based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011921997
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Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure
Dunne, Timothy; Klimek, Shawn D.; Roberts, Mark J.; Xu, … - 2013
competition are all found to be important determinants of long-run firm values, firm turnover, and market structure. Estimates for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195032
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Patterns of entry and exit in the deregulated German interurban bus industry
Dürr, Niklas S.; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2017
monopoly basis, competition does play a key role on routes with a sufficiently large base of (potential) customers. From a … 24 years old and the presence of intermodal competition by intercity railway services. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011739013
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Market structure in Bitcoin mining
Ma, June; Gans, Joshua; Tourky, Rabee - 2018
resource use highlighting the importance of identifying the benefits of competition for the operation of the blockchain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897884
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Network asymmetries and access pricing in cellular telecommunications
Kocsis, Viktória - 2005
Network shares and retail prices are not symmetric in the telecommunications market with multiple bottlenecks which give rise to new questions of access fee regulation. In this paper we consider a model with two types of asymmetry arising from different entry timing, i.e. a larger reputation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346476
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The impact of horizontal mergers on market structure : evidence from the semiconductor industry
Siebert, Ralph - 2016
The U.S. and EU Merger Guidelines strongly emphasize the relevance of the "ease of entry" argument in merger evaluations. Up to now, very little is known empirically about how mergers affect entry and exit, and the resulting number of firms in the markets. We empirically test this aspect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481190
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Network asymmetries and access pricing in cellular telecommunications
Kocsis, Viktória - 2005
Network shares and retail prices are not symmetric in the telecommunications market with multiple bottlenecks which give rise to new questions of access fee regulation. In this paper we consider a model with two types of asymmetry arising from different entry timing, i.e. a larger reputation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560718
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Bank competition and firm growth in the enlarged European Union
Pellényi, Gábor; Borkó, Tamás - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387176
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Licensing with free entry : conference paper
Doganoglu, Toker; Inceoglu, Firat; Muthers, Johannes - 2013
The literature on the licensing of an innovation has mainly focused on some specific contract types. We show within the framework of a fairly general model that removing these contractual limitations will lead to extreme market outcomes. Specifically, we find that when the patentee can employ...
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