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We investigate the trade-off between financial stability and competition policy by focusing on the merger of ABN AMRO … products using a random-coefficients logit model. On the supply side we assume Bertrand Nash competition in a multiproduct …
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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. …
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runs, and face a threat of entry. Higher competition increases deposit rates and bank fragility, resulting in an … intermediate socially optimal level of bank competition. We provide a novel theory of bank opacity. The cost of opacity is more …
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There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
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Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
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Network sharing agreements have become increasingly widespread in mobile telecommunications markets. They carry undeniable advantages to operators and consumers alike, but also the potential for consumer harm. Not all NSAs are created equal: the assessment of the balance of harm and benefits to...
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Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – the FANG companies – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. Soaring consumer access to information, news, social networks, and entertainment has been stimulated by the ever-more ubiquitous and falling...
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study explores technological, industrial, and policy factors in OTT markets. Specifically, platform competition and … discrimination against domestic players and user protection issues are discussed. Based upon the discussion on competition and policy …
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