in which firms' markups are endogenous to factor input choices based on technology levels, but are also affected by …

2018. We first show that both markets are not perfectly competitive, as both price markups and wage markdowns are far from …

opposite is the case with markups. If they increase in reaction to higher prices, they contribute to further price increases …

shipping, through the estimation of markups -a useful indicator of how firms can price their goods or services above marginal … cost. Estimates confirm the exercise of market power in the domestic shipping industry, as evidenced by high markups. It … was also found that markup on freight is relatively larger than the markups on passenger services. Additional analysis …

This study explores the implications of rising markups for optimal Mirrleesian income and profit taxation. Using a … equilibrium cost-of-living. Rising markups directly contribute to a decline in optimal marginal taxes on labor income. The optimal … policy response to higher markups includes increasingly relying on the profit tax to fund redistribution. Declining optimal …

with more than 200,000 observations from approximately 40,000 dairy farms, I estimate markups of price over marginal cost … markup premium over conventional farmers. With increasing market shares of organic milk in total milk production markups of … conventional farmers diminish whereas those of organic farmers are unaffected. Farm‐level markups decrease with increasing market …

-level database for EU member states. To indicate competitive pressure at the firm-level, markups are estimated following De Loecker … (2011), and De Loecker and Warzynski (2012). The analysis reveals a sharp drop in markups during the crisis, followed by a … the US, where average markups have climbed to pre-crisis levels already in 2011. There is significant heterogeneity among …