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Hotelling Games with Three, Four, and More Players

Brenner, Steffen - 2001

This paper extends the standard Hotelling model with quadratic transport costs to the multi-firm case. Considering locational equilibria we show that neither holds the Principle of Maximum Differentiation - as in the duopoly model - nor does the Principle of Minimum Differentiation - as in the...

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Estimating the Number of Firms and Capacity in Small Markets

Asplund, Marcus; Sandin, Rickard - 1998

Many oligopoly theories predict that there will be a positive correlation between market size and the equilibrium number of firms, and some also imply that competition is more intense in larger markets. We test these predictions with a sample of 535 driving schools in 249 markets. With an...

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Competition with Multi-Services : Pickup or Delivery?

Yasui, Yuta - 2017

In this paper, I examine duopoly with multi-services, where firms offer delivery prices and mill prices at the same …

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Retail Competition on Salop Circle under Linear Demand : Implications for Distribution Strategy

Basu, Amiya - 2021

Existing applications of the Salop model (1979) to oligopolistic competition between retailers assume that demand is constant or has constant elasticity. With these formulations, demand is never zero, retailers always compete, and transport costs, as barriers to competition, always raise...

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Competition, Land Prices, and City Size

Kichko, Sergey - 2019

cities host more firms setting lower prices whereas for sectors with intermediate land shares larger cities accommodate more … firms charging higher prices. Softer land-use regulations and/or lower commuting costs reinforce pro-competitive effects …, making larger cities more attractive for residents via lower prices and broader product diversity …

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Piracy and competition

Belleflamme, Paul; Picard, Pierre M. - 2004

Bertrand-Nash equilibria in a duopoly. Comparing equilibrium prices to the prices set by a multiproduct monopolist, we show … that competition drives prices up and reduces total surplus. …

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The Effect of Entertainment in Newspaper and Television News Coverage

Greiner, Tanja - 2010

In this paper, we analyze the equilibrium amount of entertainment in news coverage of newspapers and television stations. We find that a shift in the inclination to read, expressed by a shift in the (psychological) distance costs, induces both media outlets to incorporate more entertaining...

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Thomes, Tim Paul - 2010

This paper presents a theory of vertically interrelated markets of identical fixed size under implementation of positive indirect network effects. By introducing two Salop circles, a two-sided market model is provided, where intermediaries of differentiated copyrights for intellectual property,...

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Germany's PSB going online: Is there an economic justification for Public Service Media online?

Lindstädt, Nadine - 2010

Public Service Media (PSM) online is a highly up to date topic. There is no clear consensus among researchers if Public Service Media should have a legitimization online and if so to which extent. Some authors still demand for an extensive role of public service provision in the digital era...

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Newspaper vs. online advertising: Is there a niche for newspapers in modern advertising markets?

Lindstädt, Nadine; Budzinski, Oliver - 2011

Newspapers have experienced declining circulation figures and declining advertising revenues for several years. In particular, declining advertising figures put a threat on newspapers - this is especially severe in the US where 73% of their revenues are generated through advertising. On the...

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