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The Effect of Format Changes and Ownership Consolidation on Radio Station Outcomes.

Romeo, C.J.; Dick, A.R. - Antitrust Division, Department of Justice - 2001

Format changes are used by radio stations to reposition themselves in an attempt to improve performance. Evidence reported below indicates that the track record of such repositionings in improving performance improvements only when the shift is made to a trendy format.

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OPTIMAL CONTRACTS WITH LOCK-IN

FARRELL, J.; SHAPIRO, C. - Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford … - 1988

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Business, Health Care Costs and Competition.

Ricardo-Campbell, R. - Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford … - 1991

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THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

JIMENEZ, E.; COX, D. - World Bank Group - 1989

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Efficiency in Deregulated Electricity Markets: Offer Cost Minimization vs. Payment Cost Minimization Auction

Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2006

This study of the wholesale electricity market compares the efficiency performance of the auction mechanism currently … of the current auction with respect to efficiency is not that obvious. We present a case where the proposed auction … outperforms the current mechanism on efficiency even if all offers reflect true production costs. We also find that a market …

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Simple-Offer vs. Complex-Offer Auctions in Deregulated Electricity Markets

Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2007

allocative efficiency more quickly. …

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Taxes, Efficiency, and Redistribution: Discriminatory Taxation of Villages in Ottoman Palestine, Southern Syria and Transjordan in the Sixteenth Century

Cosgel, Metin - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2002

Governments can tax productive activities with either uniform or discriminatory rates among taxpayers. Although discriminatory rates can cause productive inefficiency and require high cost of administration, they can be preferred because of their advantage in distributional flexibility. This...

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An Experimental Study of Complex-Offer Auctions: Payment Cost Minimization vs. Offer Cost Minimization

Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2007

. Efficiency concerns about this proposal have relied on the assumption of true production cost revelation. Using an experimental … two auctions perform similarly in terms of procurement cost and efficiency. Surprisingly, I do not find a substantial …

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Federal Transfers and the Tax efforts of the States in India

K., Jothi Sivagnanam; M., Naganathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

to ensure efficiency. …

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Asymptotic Efficiency of Risk Averse Partnerships

Dutta, J.; Prasad, K. - Department of Economics, Florida State University - 1997

Holmstrom (1982) considered a group of agents who jointly produce some output and showed that if the agents are required to balance the budget then the first best, or Pareto efficient, allocation cannot be obtained as an equilbrium relative to any sharing rule. Recent research on risk-neutral...

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