manufacturing industries of France, Germany, UK and USA. We first disentangle the contribution to industry-level productivity growth … of within-firm productivity changes and between-firms reallocation of shares. The evidence corroborates that within … extent firm growth rates are shaped by relative productivity levels in deviation from industry average and by the over time …

In many markets, the price of a good or service is flexible. Buyers can either buy at the posted price or attempt to … negotiate a lower price. A seller's decision about whether to allow flexible prices and subsequent outcome in these types of … flexible price markets depends, in large part, on buyer behavior. Furthermore, these markets are likely to feature substantial …

Electronic shelf label (ESL) is an emerging price display technology around the world. While these new technologies … in material, labor and managerial costs. The presumed benefits of ESL, for example, tend to be focused around lower price … adjustment costs (PAC), also known as menu costs. However, ESL not only can save PAC but may also enable the retailer to price …

explains large price heterogeneities across buyers, drug classes, and time periods. Additionally, of the drug price variation … transaction volume, buyer's loyalty, and multiple drug purchases strengthens buyer's bargaining power and results in a drug price …

price above the oligopoly price and below the monopoly price. The effect in monopolies is more or less in line with standard … intuition. As price falls volume increases and so does quality, such that overall efficiency is raised by 50%. However, quite in …

In this paper, we compare the distribution of price changes between collusive and noncollusive periods for ten major … cartels were successful in controlling the market price for a number of years. The proposed methodology may be used for …

efficiency change. In other words, the two well-known sources of productivity growth - technology and efficiency - can be … productivity growth and change transmitted by the best practices represents technical change. Although I use a nonparametric …

manufacturing industries of France, Germany, UK and USA. We first disentangle the contribution to industry-level productivity growth … of within-firm productivity changes and between-firms reallocation of shares. The evidence corroborates that within … extent firm growth rates are shaped by relative productivity levels in deviation from industry average and by the over time …