entry and financial development. Incumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potential entrants … higher rents earned with less competition. Entry and investor protection improve when wealth distribution becomes less … countries we find that greater accountability is associated with higher entry in sectors that are more dependent on external …

Frequently, aspiring entrants have only limited information about their potential rivals’ entry decisions. As a result …, the outcome of the entry game may be that more firms enter than the market can sustain; or, at least, that unnecessary … entry investments are made. We refer to these outcomes as ‘entry mistakes’. We consider two models of non-coordinated entry …

We investigate the timing and the valuation of strategic investment aimed at enhancing entry opportunities in related … market segments. As demand is uncertain, entry options should be exercised at the optimal time, trading off the market share … gain against the option to wait until more information is revealed, while anticipating competitors' entry behaviour. When …

The health care professions in Europe have been subject to substantial entry and conduct regulation. Most notably … competition through geographic entry restrictions. We develop an entry model to study the direct impact of the regulations on the … representative for many other countries with geographic entry restrictions. We find that the entry decisions of pharmacies and …

of party competition under proportional and plurality rule. Entry is allowed and incumbent parties act as Stackelberg … leaders vis-à-vis potential entrants. The analysis highlights the interaction between entry barriers and the type of emerging … issue in determining when and how a new issue will be introduced. The theory explains both internal (that is, without entry …

with noise traders. The presence of noise traders can lead to multiple equilibria in the foreign exchange market. The entry …

incentives for relatively low-cost firms to enter the market, and thus improves the efficiency of the entry process. The … among firms, the proportion of high-cost firms, the cost of restructuring, and entry costs for new firms. …

substantial positive effect of deregulation on net entry and small business employment and no effect on pollution and public …