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PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION, UNION ORGANIZING ACTIVITY, AND THE EMPLOYER RESISTANCE.
FARBER, H.S.; ABOWD, J.M. - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of … - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005574315
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Optimal Defensive Strategies under Varying Consumer Distributional Patterns and Market Maturity
Schuster, Ulrike; J?rgen W?ckl - In: Journal of Economics and Management 1 (2005) 2, pp. 187-206
In this paper we describe a simulation approach to explore optimal defensive strategies concerning an entrant situation in an artificial consumer market. There are two questions of interest concerning the adaptation of the strategy to obtain maximal profits¡Xthe effects of (1) varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555970
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When high-powered incentive contracts reduce performance: choking under pressure as a screening device
Bannier, Christina E.; Feess, Eberhard - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management - 2010
phenomenon referred to as choking under pressure. We show that competition for high ability workers nevertheless leads firms to … workers. Bonus payments lead to a social loss which is increasing in the degree of competition. Our paper helps to explain why …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555999
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Entry and competition in freight transport: the case of a prospective transalpine rail link between France and Italy
Prady, Delphine; Ullrich, Hannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
We analyze the expected effects of building a rail tunnel between Lyon and Turin on i) the market shares of the established and the new suppliers, and ii) consumer surplus. The prospective project consists of a 53km rail tunnel providing freight shippers with a new alpine path. We calibrate an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556007
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Simultaneous Decision-Making in Competitive and Cooperative Environments
Savikhin, Anya; Sheremeta, Roman M. - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2010
MWe experimentally investigate simultaneous decision-making in two contrasting environments: a competitive environment (a contest) and a cooperative environment (a voluntary contribution mechanism). We find that the cooperative nature of the voluntary contribution mechanism spills over to the...
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Disputes about the tax harmonization and the tax competition in the European Union
MATEI, Gheorghe; PIRVU, Daniela - In: Finante - provocarile viitorului (Finance - Challenges … 1 (2008) 8, pp. 99-106
The interdependence between countries and the importance of the economic links between them has reached an extend unprecedented in history. In the context of globalization, the mobility of production factors may get pressure on governments to reduce taxes in order to remain attractive. Reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556634
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The analysis of localized competition among organizations and a research in banking sector
EKMEKCI, Asli; KASIMOGLU, Murat; CRISTEA, Mirela - In: Finante - provocarile viitorului (Finance - Challenges … 1 (2009) 9, pp. 81-90
The aim of this study is to analyze the structure of competition in local level. In this frame, primarily the recent … theoretical and empirical studies about the localization of competition are examined. The local competition strategies of selected … main factors affecting the local competition including the duration of the banks’ operations in the market, the types and …
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Dynamique des stratégies de coopétition dans le secteur des TIC: le cas des ERP
Pellegrin-Boucher, Estelle; Roy, Frédéric Le - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 12 (2009) 3, pp. 97-130
strategies are by nature paradoxical, because they combine cooperation and competition which are a priori mutually exclusive. Is … evolves either towards cooperation, or towards competition? To answer these questions, this research reports results gained …
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Gender Differences and Dynamics in Competition: The Role of Luck
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557222
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La demanda de las AFP chilenas: 1993-2002
Marinovic, Iván; Valdés, Salvador - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2010
in Chile competition between pension funds has occurred without competition in prices throughout 1993-2002, and that … competition in prices weakened further after 1998. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642616