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Consumer cooperatives constitute a highly successful example of democratic forms of enterprises operating in developed countries. They are usually organized as medium and large-scale firms competing with pro fit-maximizing firms in retail industries. This paper models such situation as a mixed...
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We examine a variant of Hotelling model where prices and locations are fixed but quality is a choice variable. We show that when sellers of a horizontally differentiated product are price-constrained and compete in quality, entry can lead to degradation of quality offered in equilibrium and...
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This paper develops a demand function for Greece's exports of manufactures according to New Trade Theory. The sample … non-price competitiveness approximated with capital stock, on export performance. The empirical estimation uses the … long-run and short-run relationships follow the economic theory and are remarkably stable. It is shown that non …
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classical market theory) is no longer guaranteed; hence, we investigate the nature of non-price competition and how markets … might evolve in its presence. We develop a quality competition model based on matching theory. Equilibria of the quality … predictions of the model. In particular, price controls induce non-price competition between agents both in theory and in the …
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This paper considers horizontal merging decision under price and quality competition and examines whether two competing firms should merge and which merging strategy (i.e., centralized or decentralized merger) is optimal. Although horizontal mergers are prevalent in practice and have been...
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Do firms under relative payoff s maximizing (RPM) behavior always choose a strategy profile that results in tougher competition compared to firms under absolute payoffs maximizing (APM) behavior? In this paper we will address this issue through a simple model of symmetric oligopoly where firms...
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