Este trabajo analiza estrategias de disuasión de entrada en una secuencia de subastas tipo inglesa, con venta de múltiples derechos de producción. Esto, motivado por intentos de entrada infructuosos observados en algunas de las subastas anuales de derechos de pesca ocurridas desde inicios de...

Este trabajo analiza la ocurrencia de disuasión de entrada, y la posibilidad de colusión entre las firmas incumbentes para lograr tal fin, en la serie de subastas anuales de derechos de pesca para Bacalao de profundidad (Dissostichus Eleginoides), ocurridas en Chile a partir de inicios de los...

The effects of mergers on the media marketplace have historically failed to live up to dire predictions. Mergers are often a response to technological upheaval and turbulence in the media industry and firms should be allowed to experiment with such alternative business models with the intent on...

In the nineties of the previous century, former governments started a development towards greater market effect in The Netherlands, also in the professional service sector. The operation, in which many professional and industry sectors were fundamentally restructured, was named Market Effect,...

A piece of legislation recently introduced by Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA 14th) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI 2nd) that they call the quot;Broadcast Licensing in the Public Interest Actquot; (HR 4882), might deserve a better appellation as the quot;Eradication of Broadcasting Act.quot;At the...

Whatever happened to: Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech? In the context of broadcasting, representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA 14th) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI 2nd) are the latest to transgress, offering this year their quot;Broadcast Licensing in the Public Interest Actquot;...

The marginal cost of a good is not usually a relevant factor when crafting intellectual property policy. Marginal costs estimates are based on models of static efficiency, not dynamic efficiency, which is more relevant to policymakers.Profit margins on goods must be high enough to both support...

Satellite radio competitors XM and Sirius recently announced their intention to merge their companies in a $13 billion deal. Recent financial statements show this merger is necessary. Although both stocks grew steadily through October of 2004, they hit a plateau after that and then began a...