competitive positions. In this paper, we present a model of competition networks that simultaneously considers the effects of firm … propose that the complementarity between IMC, R&D and Marketing enable firms to attain a brokerage position in competition … networks. Additionally, the model presented here introduces IMC as a key antecedent to brokerage positions in competition …

competition between two platforms to study private and social incentives to share information. Sharing information can be welfare …

To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so …-called Market Transparency Unit for Fuels (MTU). Drawing on a panel data set covering 6,834 stations in Germany and employing both … margins of gas stations. We find that the MTU fostered a more intense competition, with a reduction in price margins of 1 …