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Estimating call externalities in mobile telephony : conference paper
Czajkowski, Mikołaj; Sobolewski, Maciej - 2016 - Version 01/09/2016
Recent theoretical models of network competition with call externalities demonstrate strategic incentives of incumbent providers to reduce receiver benefits in rival network by excessive off-net pricing. Such anti-competitive pricing practices have a potentially damaging impact on financial...
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Looking beyond the R&D effects on innovation : the contribution of non-R&D activities to total factor productivity growth in the EU
López Rodríguez, Jesús; Martínez-López, Diego - 2015
traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …
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Deregulation and productivity : selection or within-firm effect?
Shepotylo, Oleksandr; Vakhitov, Volodymyr - 2013
productivity due to better and wider choice of inputs. In addition, at least theoretically, the mechanism of selection eliminates … digit sector. We compare relative importance of the within firm channel of productivity increase vis-à-vis the selection …In the literature, trade liberalization increases industry productivity through two channels. First, firms increase …
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What determines demand for telecommunications services? : evidence from the EU countries before and after liberalization
Agiakloglou, Christos N.; Polemis, Michael - 2015
This paper aims to investigate the main determinants of Telecommunications demand for European countries (EU). For this reason, a panel data set is used consisting of 19 EU countries over the period 1991-2010 capturing the years before and after the liberalization process. The goal is to clarify...
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A model of cross-border tourism competition
Chen, Kaifan; Kuroda, Tatsuaki - 2015 - Preliminary version
Tourism has long been important part of the economy. Specifically, it serves as a kind of resource that performs a significant role in national economies. With the rise of globalization, cross-border tourism has grown and induced intense competition among counties. The present paper highlights...
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Internet platforms' threats : Facebook, Google, etc.
Alleman, James H. - 2018
Free!! Google and Facebook!!! We all know them, what to worry about? Everything! The giants of the internet are expanding into every corner of the economy, politics and our lives. They control the majority of digital advertising; Alphabet, Google's parent, and Facebook receive more than 60...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012003
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Antitrust for internet gianst
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James H. - 2018
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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How do sellers benefit from Buy-It-Now prices in eBay auctions?
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2019
We investigate experimentally on eBay how sellers set prices in "Buy-It-Now" (BIN) auctions. We find that the eBay format leads to prices substantially below those expected in second-price auctions. Moreover, our results reveal that the information available on eBay about buyer experience and...
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Antitrust failures : the internet giants
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990829
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Threat of internet platforms : Facebook, Google, etc.
Alleman, James H. - 2018
Free!! Google and Facebook!!! We all know them, what to worry about? Everything! The giants of the internet are expanding into every corner of the economy, politics and our lives. They control the majority of digital advertising; Alphabet, Google's parent, and Facebook receive more than 60...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991112