This paper develops an approach to studying how bias in favor ofone party due to the pattern of electoral districting affects policy choice.We tie a commonly used measure of electoral bias to the theory of partycompetition and show how this affects party strategy in theory. Theusefulness of the...

The main contribution of this paper is a method that allows one to study the effects of different degrees ofcompetition.We find that optimal prices and profits are more sensitive to cooperative than to aggressive behavioron the part of competitors. With more aggressive policies, the average...

The role of electronic marketplaces is to act as an intermediary between supply and demand (Schmid 1993). Using a simplified classification, it is possible to distinguish between two general types of marketplaces on the World Wide Web...

We provide a theoretical justification for bi-sourcing, which refers to thesituation where a final goods producer buys an input from an outside supplier and alsoproduces it in-house. Bi-sourcing occurs if the marginal cost of producing the input inhouseis higher than the marginal cost of outside...

In this article, author analyzes the application of CSR as a tool of building the competitiveness of business. She assumes that corporate social responsibility (CSR) could be a useful tool in giving a competitive edge to an enterprise.The idea of CSR as a part of the tool creating the position...

This paper extends the standard Hotelling model with quadratic transport costs to the multi-firm case. Considering locational equilibria we show that neither holds the Principle of Maximum Differentiation - as in the duopoly model - nor does the Principle of Minimum Differentiation - as in the...

Government policy emphasises five ‘drivers’ of productivity: competition, enterprise, innovation, investment and skillsand each of these has been the subject of major programmes of reform (HM Treasury, 2006). Despite this, andnotwithstanding some improvement, UK productivity in terms of output...