This paper sheds light on a recent empirical controversy about the effect of competition on price discrimination in … sales that is more skewed towards low prices. We show that whether competition has a positive or a negative effect on the …

This paper studies the links between competition in the lending market and spreads of bank loans in Brazil. Evidence …

innovation intensity to escape competition. The U-shaped relation is more pronounced in industries where firms compete in …

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has concluded that competition in the market for SME loans … running their businesses, it is particularly important that there is sufficient competition in the market. A lack of … competition could lead to higher funding costs for SMEs, worse service from banks, and less innovation.ACM has established that …

improves consumer information and increases the intensity of price competition …

posted prices or auctions. I show that when there is competition among sellers, they use only posted prices in the …

market, to be completed by 2020. The single market will boost the competition in both ASEAN's internal and external markets …

This paper studies the links between competition in the lending market and spreads of bank loans in Brazil. Evidence …