This paper introduces a framework to facilitate an interdisciplinary analysis of 'competition'. While such an … interdisciplinary analysis can be justified by referencing the various fields of social and economic life in which 'competition' is … sufficient common elements across different concepts of competition that justify an interdisciplinary approach to study …

Competition is at the core of economics, being both a central concept of economic reasoning and a main prerequisite for … economic action. Yet, the attempt of a clear definition of competition is challenging as the concept of competition has been … conceptions of competition from economics, sociology and anthropology. Our interdisciplinary review and systematisation show how …

This paper introduces a framework to facilitate an interdisciplinary analysis of ‘competition’. While such an … interdisciplinary analysis can be justified by referencing the various fields of social and economic life in which ‘competition’ is … sufficient common elements across different concepts of competition that justify an interdisciplinary approach to study …

This paper shows that bank competition has an intrinsically ambiguous effect on capital accumulation and economic … evidence gathered from recent empirical studies of how bank competition affects the real economy. Our results were obtained by … prospective entrepreneur is of low credit quality and where screening would therefore be especially beneficial, less competition …

patterns for a particular market (diapers) to investigate the inter-format competition (supermarkets vs. discounters vs … sold at drugstores and discounters. This result is important given controversies among competition authorities, firms and …

competition. For reasonable parameter values product market deregulation fosters growth substantially more in the flexible than in …