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We consider a procurement auction, where each supplier has private costs and submits a stepped supply function. We solve for a Bayesian Nash equilibrium and show that the equilibrium has a price instability in the sense that a minor change in a suppliers cost sometimes result in a major change...
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We model uniform and discriminatory auctions in wholesale electricity markets. High variability of electricity prices is often explained by exogenous economic factors. We, however, show that it can result endogenously from suppliers' strategic bidding, and that the connection between demand and...
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extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …
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competition environments affect product prices. Using big data, we find that price variations are caused mainly by differential … competitive environments. More specifically, we find that Brand Competition Within Stores exerts the largest downward pressure on … prices. A 10 percent increase in the number of brands reduces prices by about 10 percent. Product Competition Within Stores …
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competition and consumer behavior in internet markets and some directions for future research. …
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This paper studies unshrouding decisions in a framework similar to Gabaix and Laibson (2006), but considers an alternative unshrouding mechanism where the impact of advertising add-on information depends on the number of unshrouding firms. We show that shrouding becomes less prevalent as the...
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In this study we analyze the determinants of airline price dispersion. We particularly concentrate on the conduct and marginal cost efficiency. The effect of conduct on price dispersion seems to depend on the characteristics of the market. For the big city routes, we observe positive effect; and...
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competition between the TV channels, since they take into account the fact that a lower viewer price at one channel will harm …
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