Blar i Discussion papers (SAM) på emneord "competition"
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Cartels uncovered
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-03)How many cartels are there? The answer is important in assessing the efficiency of competition policy. We present a Hidden Markov Model that answers the question, taking into account that often we do not know whether a ... -
Competition and compatibility among Internet service providers
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-03)We consider a two-stage game between two competing Internet service providers(ISPs). The firms offer access to the Internet. Access is assumed to be vertically and horizontally differentiated. Our model exhibits network ... -
Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-08)We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public utilities), using a Hotelling framework, in the presence of sluggish demand. We take a differential game ... -
Competition and quality in regulated markets: a differential-game approach
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-02)We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public utilities) taking a differential game approach, in which quality is a stock variable. Using a Hotelling ... -
Competition and waiting times in hospital markets
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-03)This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that differ in (geographical) location and, potentially, waiting time, and two types of patients; high-benefit ... -
Demand-side spillovers and semi-collusion in the mobile communications market
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-12)We analyze roaming policy in the market for mobile telecommunications. Firms undertake investments in network infrastructure to increase geographical coverage, capacity in a given area, or functionality. Prior to ... -
Endogenous average cost based access pricing
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-10)We consider an industry where a downstream competitor requires access to an upstream facility controlled by a vertically integrated and regulated incumbent. The literature on access pricing assumes the access price to ... -
Explicit and implicit incentives in fund management
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-01)Fund managers compete to attract new investors. Competition and fund management contracts provide implicit and explicit incentives for fund management. I study the combined effect of these two types of incentives on i) ... -
Foreign firms and host-country productivity : does the mode of entry matter?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-01)Foreign direct investment is often considered an important source of knowledge spillovers. However, results from the empirical literature relating overall foreign presence to host country productivity are ambiguous. We ... -
Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-02)We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect of free patient choice (monopoly versus competition) and increased competition through lower transportation ... -
Price-dependent profit sharing as an escape from the Bertrand paradox
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-01)In this paper we show how an upstream firm can prevent destructive competition among downstream firms producing relatively close substitutes by implementing a price-dependent profit-sharing rule. The rule also ensures ...