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The Interplay of Innovation and Market Structure in German Chemical Industry: Theoretical and Emprical Results on a Dynamic Schumpeter Loop
Schubert, Torben - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between innovation activities and market structure in German chemical industry. We present a formal model that suggests the existence of a self-enforcing dynamic feedback between market concentration and innovation. This model is tested on the basis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270076
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An empirical analysis of the state of competition in OECD mobile wireless markets
Sung, Nakil; Kwon, Mi-ae - 2011
Contra the current trend of deregulation, mobile wireless markets in the OECD member states appear, until recently, to have been more or less concentrated. The study estimates the equations for market concentration, mobile prices, and profits using annual panel data from 24 OECD member states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307318
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Impact of Technical Progress on the relationship between Competition and Investment
Jeanjean, François - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. Using a … model of oligopoly competition with differentiated products where firms invest to reduce their marginal cost of production … competition that maximizes investment of the industry. This feature holds also for consumer surplus and Welfare. In the model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930693
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Market structure and performance in mobile markets. The example of Europe
Jeanjean, François; Liang, Julienne - 2023
In this paper, we address the issue of the appropriate market structure in European mobile markets by presenting empirical evidence on the effect of the number of MNO on investment. Using a structural entry model based on a country-level dataset of 28 European countries, we find that, in average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014367327
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Optimal Market Structure in the Mobile Industry
Jeanjean, François; Houngbonon, Georges Vivien - 2016
surplus in symmetric mobile markets. When mobile services are viewed as homogeneous products under Cournot competition, we … differentiated products under Salop competition, we find an inverted-U relationship between consumer surplus and the number of mobile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577396
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Regional Economic Growth and SMEs in Brazil: a Spatial Analysis (Submission for the Refereed Y-session Papers).
Cravo, Túlio - 2010
This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector for a panel of 503 Brazilian micro-regions for the period 1980-2004 using panel spatial econometrics. It investigates the importance of the SME sector size measured by the share of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332414
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Are Small Firms more cyclically Sensitive than Large Ones? National, Regional and Sectoral Evidence from Brazil.
Cravo, Túlio - 2010
An important issue facing policymakers is the degree to which fluctuations in economic activity affect employment in large and small businesses across sectors and regions. These issues are particularly relevant for developing countries, as they matter for the understanding of the labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332430
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Global Oil Markets Revisited - Cartel or Stackelberg Market?
Holz, Franziska; Huppmann, Daniel - 2010
market power scenarios ranging from perfect competition to cartel. We develop a numerical simulation model that is formulated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270282
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Optimal Number of Firms in the Wireless Markets
Jeanjean, François; Houngbonon, Georges Vivien - 2015
In this paper, we design a theoretical model to analyze the impact of the number of firms on investment in the wireless communications industry. Our model extends the Salop’s framework by introducing investment in quality that either reduces the marginal cost of production or shifts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421623
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Hello . . . Are You Still There? An Empirical Analysis How Market Structure Affects Quality of Mobile Networks
Wellmann, Nicolas - 2019
literature suggest a negative effect of (price) competition on investments in mobile networks. To the best of our knowledge this … auctions may alter competition in the mobile market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099141