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The Economics of the World Iron and Steel Industry : 1950-1980
de Medeiros, Otavio Ribeiro - 2006
This paper presents an analysis of the world iron and steel industry from 1950 to 1980. After presenting a technical overview describing the technological possesses in use during that period by the steel, the iron ore and the ferrous scrap industries, we describe and analyse, on economic...
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Multimarket linkages, cartel discipline and trade costs
Agnosteva, Delina; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2017
strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781965
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Exclusive Handset Arrangements in the Wireless Industry : A Competitive Analysis
Subramanian, Upender - 2013
In many markets, a handset vendor and a service provider may enter into a tie-up for a handset to be available exclusively through the service provider. We examine when and why a service provider and a handset vendor may find this arrangement mutually profitable. We find that an exclusive tie-up...
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Competition in a Pure World of Internet Telephony
Engel, Christoph - 2007
From the angle of competition policy, Voice over IP looks like a panacea. It not only brings better service, but it … providers classic telephone numbers would enhance systems competition with switched telephony. But this would make it more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053336
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Self-persuasion : evidence from field experiments at international debating competitions
Schwardmann, Peter; Tripodi, Egon; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2021
Laboratory evidence shows that when people have to argue for a given position, they persuade themselves about the position’s factual and moral superiority. Such self-persuasion limits the potential of communication to resolve conflict and reduce polarization. We test for this phenomenon in a...
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Does political connection distort competition and encourage corporate risk taking? International evidence
Otchere, Isaac; Senbet, Lemma W.; Zhu, PengCheng - In: Journal of empirical finance 55 (2020), pp. 21-42
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A Brief History of Media Merger Hysteria : From AOL-Time Warner to Comcast-NBC
Thierer, Adam D. - 2014
The effects of mergers on the media marketplace have historically failed to live up to dire predictions. Mergers are often a response to technological upheaval and turbulence in the media industry and firms should be allowed to experiment with such alternative business models with the intent on...
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On the Formation of Capital and Wealth : IT, Monopoly Power and Rising Inequality
Kurz, Mordecai - 2018
Our underlying hypothesis is that technological progress (even neutral) has a big effect on distribution, not only on growth, since rising waves of technical progress cause rising monopoly power. We test it by showing that, since the 1970's, information technology (in short IT) has caused rising...
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Competition Policy in the Global Economy : An On-Line Case Book
Waller, Spencer Weber - 2009
examines how the United States and other jurisdictions regulate competition among firms which do business abroad. This will … include how competition policy regulates individuals and firms located outside the United States in their competition with … University Chicago School of Law.I therefore invite any competition law teacher or scholar to submit additional chapters on other …
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The Merger Specificity of Efficiencies in Merger Review : A Succinct International Comparison
Fofana, Mory Fodé - 2009
evaluation, competition authorities generally establish certain criteria. Among the criteria considered, there are merger …
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