&D investment at the firm level. The contribution of this study is threefold: first, we extend Máñez et al. [2014], Triguero et al … continuing investment in R&D depends on the market power of companies. We test alternative measures for market power: the …

After a brief discussion on expected and actual investment behavior in the telecommunications industry after the 1996 … between UNE-P competition and BOC average net investment is found. According to the model, each UNE-P access line increased … BOC average net investment by $759 per year, or about 6.4% per year in the aggregate. While BOC net investment fell by …

players can result in diseconomies of scale and a less efficient use of resources. We also find evidence that investment …

, social, and governance (ESG) investment plans. However, dichotomy is found in the literature about how rising ESG practices … affect firm value (FV). This study examines the linear and nonlinear effect of ESG practices on FV and how growth … policy implications. …

This paper empirically examines the effects of discriminatory fees on ATM investment and welfare, and considers the … role of coordination in ATM investment between banks. Our main findings are that foreign fees tend to reduce ATM … when a social planner decides on discriminatory fees and ATM investment to maximize total welfare. This implies that there …

When new technologies become available, it is not only essential that firms have the correct investment incentives, but … often also that consumers make the proper usage decisions. This paper studies investment and usage in a shared ATM network …. Because all banks coordinate their ATM investment decisions, there is no strategic but only a pure cost-saving incentive to …

This paper analyses how the equilibrium is affected when adding investment decisions and capacity constraints to the … traditional Cournot duopoly model. Authors investigate a multiperiod setting with two firms taking investment decisions in every …