This paper uses a new FCC dataset on residential broadband subscribership and speeds at the census tract level combined with data from a number of additional sources to explore the state of broadband competition in the U.S. and test the effects of competition on speeds, penetration, and prices....

We study information dissemination in an online platform where multiple sellers distribute their partially substitutable products. The platform has superior information about consumer demand and determines whether, and with how many sellers, to share the information. An important feature of our...

In recent years, a growing interest among authorities has emerged to verify which paradigm better explains the profit-structure relationship in the Mexican banking industry: market power or efficiency. To test these two paradigms, this work constructs specific indicators of cost efficiency based...

Discussion of "The Pricing Behavior of Firms in the Euro Area: New Survey Evidence" by S. Fabiani, M. Druant, I. Hernando, C. Kwapil, B. Landau, C. Loupias, F. Martins, T. Mathä, R. Sabbatini, H. Stahl, and A. Stockman (2004); Presented at the Inflation Persistence Network (IPN) Conference on...

Raising productivity growth is central to closing the gap with the incomes and well-being enjoyed in many OECD countries. Croatia has internationally competitive firms, and a dynamic economy with many young and potentially productive firms. However, overall performance has been limited by the...

The Mexican banking sector experienced a process of liberalization which aimed towards increasing the level of competition and efficiency. This paper studies the evolution of the efficiency of the Mexican banking sector from 2002 to 2012 and also analyses its relationship with the degree of...

Holds an MBA from the University of the Pacific (UP), he currently serves as Director of Export Promotion at PROMPERU and at Peru's National Port Authority. He is also a professor at the University of Lima and the UP. He has held other positions, including National Director for the Development...

He is a law graduate, specialized in European and International competition law. He gained work experience in the private and public sector, inter alia, as President of a US-subsidiary of a European industrial company and as Counselor to the European Parliament. In the context of his activities...

Current ICEX CEO. She holds Bachelor's Degrees in Law, and in Economics and Business Studies from Pontificia Comillas University (Madrid), and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University; she belongs to the Senior Corps of Commercial Technicians and State Economists. She...

Holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from Finis Terræ University (Chile) and an MBA from Babson College, USA. In 2010, he took over as International Assistant Director of ProChile, where he headed up the creation of the program to support the internationalization of Chilean innovation,...