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Clarke, George R. G.; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2002

they are more profitable, have greater overdue payment to utilities, and are de novo private firms. A thorny issue in the …

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The Impact of Integration on Productivity and Welfare Distortions Under Monopolistic Competition

Dhingra, Swati; Morrow, John - 2012

A fundamental question in monopolistic competition theory is whether the market allocates resources efficiently. This paper generalizes the Spence-Dixit-Stiglitz framework to heterogeneous firms, addressing when the market provides optimal quantities, variety and productivity. Under constant...

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Oligopolistic equilibrium and financial constraints

Beviá, Carmen; Corchón, Luis C.; Yasuda, Yosuke - 2015

We provide a model of dynamic duopoly in which firms face financial constraints and disappear when they are unable to fulfill them. We show that, in some cases, Cournot outputs are no longer supported in equilibrium, because if these outputs were set, a firm may have incentives to ruin the...

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The Visible Hand: National Oil Companies, Oil Supply and the Ermergence of the Hotelling Rent

Ludwig, Markus - 2012

Using firm-level panel data, this paper exposes differences in the dynamic oil produc- tion regime between private and … private firms hold output constant. Furthermore, state-owned firms have not followed such stringent policy before 1997. My ex …- tension of the Hotelling-model attributes the behavior of state-owned firms to a scarcity rent, whereas private firms produce …

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A model of cross-border tourism competition

Kuroda, Tatsuaki; Chen, Kaifan - 2015

areas of security, public facilities, natural areas, and artificial scenic construction. In the process, both governments …

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Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel verringern die Produktvielfalt

Duso, Tomaso; Argentesi, Elena; Buccirossi, Paolo; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 83 (2016) 1, pp. 11-22

In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat der Lebensmitteleinzelhandel in ganz Europa einen erheblichen Restrukturierungsprozess durchlaufen. Während der Wettbewerbsdruck durch die Billigdiscounter gestiegen ist, nahm gleichzeitig in weiten Teilen Europas die Marktkonzentration durch Fusionen und...

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Trade Reforms, Competition, and Innovation in the Philippines

Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2012

What is the impact of the removal of barriers to trade on the firms' innovative activities? Does the increase in competition arising from trade reforms lead to increases in innovation? This paper attempts to examine the link between trade liberalization and innovation using firm panel data on...

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What determines demand for Telecommunications services? Evidence from the EU countries before and after liberalization

Agiakloglou, Christos; Polemis, Michael - 2015

This paper aims to investigate the main determinants of Telecommunications demand for European countries (EU). For this reason, a panel data set is used consisting of 19 EU countries over the period 1991-2010 capturing the years before and after the liberalization process. The goal is to clarify...

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Liberalisation of natural gas market - EU vision vs. reality

Slabá, Monika - 2009

In the article, I focus on the goal of creating a single competitive European natural gas market. After a brief discourse on the debate between theoretical and practical economists on the best mode to liberalise the energy sector, I lay out the vision of the European Union for gas market...

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Main drivers of natural gas prices in the Czech Republic: Market reform vs. long-term contracts

Slabá, Monika; Gapko, Petr - 2011

One of the goals of the European Commission in the energy sector is creating a single competitive European market. The decision of the European Union to liberalise energy markets has far-reaching consequences not only for gas companies, but also for the rest of the real economy in view of the...

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