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Is the Boone-Indicator Applicable? – Evidence from a Combined Data Set of German Manufacturing Enterprises

Schiersch, Alexander; Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 231 (2011) 3, pp. 336-357

enterprises and test its empirical validity using cartel cases. Since all of the identified cartels significantly restricted … the indicated competition levels before and after the cartels were uncovered and stopped. The Boone-Indicator is …

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Cartels

Perloff, Jeffrey M - In: Journal of Industrial Organization Education 1 (2006) 1, pp. 1-12

This lecture, PowerPoint slides, and movie provide a relatively non-technical introduction to cartels. After describing … the characteristics of cartels predicted by economic theory, the instructor shows a movie of the "secret" meetings of the …

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Japanese Consumer Protection

Herbig, Paul A.; Palumbo, Frederick A. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 11 (1994) 1, pp. 5-14

Japan′s consumers are said to be the most meticulous and demanding consumers in the world – expecting only the best in quality and service from the merchant. However true this may be, how protected are these consumers by their own government? In an irony of place and time, the world′s...

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Maintaining Competitive Markets: The Control of Restrictive Agreements and Cartels in the UK and EC

Pass, Christopher; Lowes, Bryan - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5

agreements and cartels involving price fixing, market sharing, etc., the effect of which is to suppress, limit or distort active … rivalry between suppliers. Examines UK policy towards restrictive agreements, alongside similar attempts to control cartels in …

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Effects of the environment on illegal cartel activity

Kunsch, David W.; Schnarr, Karin; Rowe, W. Glenn - In: Journal of Strategy and Management 9 (2016) 3, pp. 344-360

environment may be associated with the formation and continuance of cartels. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employ a …, and illegal behavior as represented through price fixing by business cartels. The authors find that in the attorneys …’ opinion, it is also the pursuit of individual corporate profits and munificence that are associated with these cartels …

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A Simple Model of Entry That Increases Price Levels and Price Dispersion

Zhou, Wen - In: Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (2006) 1

Abstract A monopolist who originally charges a uniform price across all markets may switch to discriminatory pricing upon the entry of a competitor. As a result, intensified competition may lead to more dispersed prices as well as higher prices for some or all consumers.

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Preisbildung bei ambulant und stationär erbrachten Gesundheitsleistungen / Pricing of Ambulatory and Stationary Health Services

Neubauer, Günter; Pfister, Florian - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227 (2007) 5-6, pp. 621-635

Summary In all health care systems exists governmental regulation, as the market for health is unanimously regarded as imperfect. The German health care market is a good example for a strongly regulated market in nearly each submarket, partially the determination of prices. Reimbursement of...

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Engines Powered by Renewable Energy, the Network of Filling Stations and Compatibility Decisions

Conrad, Klaus - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 4, pp. 362-381

Summary The paper addresses entry barriers for a new technology - hydrogen powered cars or cars with fuel cell engines - if the network of its filling stations is missing. We use Hotelling’s model of product differentiation to characterize a situation where an incumbent firm produces the old...

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Bias and Size Effects of Price-Comparison Platforms: Theory and Experimental Evidence

García-Gallego, Aurora; Georgantzís, Nikolaos; … - In: Review of Network Economics 15 (2017) 1, pp. 1-34

Abstract We analyze the impact on consumer prices of some information characteristics of price-comparison search platforms. An equilibrium model where vendors compete in prices and consumers do not observe prices, but can obtain price information through a search platform, is developed. The...

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Competitive Effects of Mass Customization

Loginova, Oksana - In: Review of Marketing Science 10 (2012) 1

Abstract The existing theoretical literature on mass customization maintains that customization reduces product differentiation and intensifies price competition. In contrast, operations management studies argue that customization serves primarily to differentiate a company from its competitors....

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