This paper develops a methodology for estimating demand systems, useful to calculate critical elasticities to be used in market delineation, and to simulate the unilateral effects of horizontal mergers. The whole method is based on the use of estimated long-run price elasticities, and it is...

This paper tries to quantify economically the importance of five phonetic haracteristics (seseo, yeismo, /s/-aspiration, rehilamiento, and /x/-aspiration) whose presence or absence allows to distinguish among ten regional varieties of Spanish. To do that we perform an analysis of the extension...