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Pelnar, Gregory J. - 2009

I present an overview of the antitrust literature on sports leagues, with particular emphasis on the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League, as well as on sanctioning...

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Empirical Studies of Common Ownership-Effects on Product Markets & Innovation (Presentation Slides)

Schmalz, Martin C. - 2019

This slide deck reviews the extant empirical literature on common ownership concentration on firm behavior, innovation, and product market outcomes, as presented at the FTC hearings on common ownership and competition in December 2018. It is primarily based on this literature review:...

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Common Ownership Theories, Governance ‘Mechanisms’ & Policy (Presentation Slides)

Schmalz, Martin C. - 2019

These slides summarize the theoretical literature on horizontal common ownership concentration and its impact on competition, as presented at the FTC's hearings on common ownership and competition in December 2018. They are primarily based on this literature review:...

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Objective Function of a Non-Price-Taking Firm with Heterogeneous Shareholders

Moskalev, Alexandr - 2019

I derive the objective function of a firm with heterogeneous shareholders. In contrast to Fisher separation theorem, I drop the price-taking assumption. Therefore, shareholders have no unanimous preferences for profit maximization. I allow shareholders to act strategically by omitting the...

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Salience and Information Asymmetry

Carroni, Elias - 2020

In this paper we study optimal price setting by a seller that offers a supposedly higher-quality product in a market where a good of standard quality is already available. Consumers do not directly observe the quality of the product and their purchasing decisions are distorted by salient...

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Freemium Pricing; or, the Whale(s)

Robertson, Matthew - 2020

Motivated by recent trends in apps and electronic media, I study the pricing decision of a durable-goods monopolist to derive conditions under which freemium pricing is optimal. Under freemium pricing, the firm charges a price of zero for the durable good but offers optional micro-transactions...

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Crowdsourcing Distribution on Software Market

Yang, Fan - 2018

Software producers may choose to deliver products through a community of external institutions or individuals rather than paid employees. In the model, a computer game producer with a developed “game 1” may [a] sell game 1 allowing modifications (i.e., an external community develops game 2...

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A Theory of Brand Positioning : Product-Portfolio View

Ke, T. Tony - 2020

. Using a product-portfolio and consumer search framework, we provide a micro-foundation for why and how brand positioning can …-line. When consumers conduct their search for product matches, they are guided by how brands are positioned in the market. We … even in a monopolistic market because it serves as a commitment device for no dilution …

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Towards a Micro-Foundation of Organizational Change : Conceptual Requirements for a Micro-Macro Framework of Change

Will, Matthias Georg - 2019

In this paper, we describe requirements for a micro-macro framework in change management, which are derived from existing models in other fields. The emerging field of micro-foundations calls for frameworks that explicitly consider interdependencies between the organizational micro and macro...

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Market Entry Strategies for City-Based Platforms

Wei, Qing - 2019

In this paper, we build a theoretical framework to study the dynamic entry interactions between two platforms with homogeneous products into city-based markets. This research is applicable for studying the entry strategies between, for example, Uber and Lyft; Groupon and Living Social, and other...

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