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In the context of supply function competition with private information, we test in the laboratory whether - as predicted in Bayesian equilibrium - costs that are positively correlated lead to steeper supply functions and less competitive outcomes than do uncorrelated costs. We find that the...
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/multi-unit auctions provides guidance on the design of the auction format, setting the reservation price, the rationing rule, and …
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, even if they have lots of bidders but with low power-generating capacity for contracting. For practical auction design, we … electricity demand, to meet supply adequacy problems. In this paper, we analyze what it requires to have a competitive auction … found that encouraging more bidders' entry in the auction results in lower expected prices than increasing existing bidders …
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Economic theory provides ambiguous and conflicting predictions about the association between algorithmic pricing and competition. In this paper we provide the first empirical analysis of this relationship. We study Germany's retail gasoline market where algorithmic-pricing software became widely...
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Economic theory provides ambiguous and conflicting predictions about the association between algorithmic pricing and competition. In this paper we provide the first empirical analysis of this relationship. We study Germany’s retail gasoline market where algorithmic-pricing software became...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263827
Antitrust authorities are particularly concerned with the dominant market position of tech giants such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon. These digital conglomerates are characterized by platform-based business models. However, despite their dominance, they are competing with each other to attract...
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This paper develops a model that formalizes several connections between mergers, collusion and competition policy. In … equilibrium, firms may merge to make collusion sustainable when it cannot be sustained with the original set of firms. A rise in … the probability of detecting and prosecuting collusion could induce a wave of mergers, so firms can sustain collusion …
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of a multi-object auction. After the auction either all bids or only the prices to be paid are revealed to all firms … bidders' costs generally depends on the type and fierceness of the market competition, the specific auction format, and the …
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of a multi-object auction. After the auction either all bids or only the prices to be paid are revealed to all firms … bidders' costs generally depends on the type and fierceness of the market competition, the specific auction format, and the …
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This paper aims at participating in the long-lasting debate about the analytical foundations of the Cournot equilibrium. In a homogeneous oligopoly, under standard regularity conditions, we prove that Cournot-Nash emerges both under (i) price competition and Cournot conjectures; and (ii) supply...
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