preferences and idiosyncratic preferences are both weak, maximal di.erentiation results, and entry order is irrelevant. Finally …. Once again, the order of entry does not matter. …

We test the effect of entry on the tariff choices of incumbent cellularfirms. We relate the change in the breadth of … personal communicationsservices (PCS) firms. Entry by PCS competitors differed acrossgeographic markets due to the number of … from the oldanalog technology to the new digital technology in markets with moreentry, suggesting that entry also has …

, rarely have economistsbeen able to examine how competition changes with the threat of entry.This paper uses the evolution of … adjusts its entry strategy when facing the threat ofadditional entrants. We identify the potential nth entrant into a … such a market ismore likely to accommodate more than n firms in the long run. Takingaccount of endogeneity of entry into …

congestion effect. However, when the number of sellers ispresented in isolation, its negative impact on entry is …

entry and exit behavior. We develop theoretical predictions based on the model of Lakdawalla and Philipson, in which for … using data for all U.S. hospitals from 1984 through 2000. Examining annual and regional entry and exit rates, for …-profit hospitals consistently have higher entry and exit rates than not-for-profits. Econometric modeling of entry and exit rates …

entry and exit behavior. We develop theoretical predictions based on the model of Lakdawalla and Philipson, in which for … using data for all U.S. hospitals from 1984 through 2000. Examining annual and regional entry and exit rates, for …-profit hospitals consistently have higher entry and exit rates than not-for-profits. Econometric modeling of entry and exit rates …

material inputs. To determine the likely profitability of a new plant, a processor must forecast the effect entry will have on … local post-entry raw material price. This requires anticipating how entry will affect market structure and intensify … processor competition in local procurement areas, an empirical model is developed to ex ante forecast the likely impact of entry …

general enough to account for incumbents’ reaction to Wal-Mart’s entry resulting in exit, entry and changes in the production …

be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable …. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored the strategic reactions of incumbent firms when threatened by the … possibility of entry. However, following De Soto (1989), there has been increasing emphasis on regulatory and institutional …