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Cartels, Contracts and Centralization: The Transition to Futures Trading for Primary Commodities

Haskel, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

producers has weakened and core prices have tended to fall towards those on the fringe. Existing cartel/fringe models fail to … cartel/fringe model that incorporates search and contracting. The model predicts that cartel prices exceed those on the … fringe; that the cartel/fringe price differential narrows as futures trading increases; and that a move to contracting lowers …

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Analysis of Structural Development of Petroleum and Sugar Markets in the Russian Economy

Svetlana, Avdasheva; Nadezhda, Rozanova - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 1999

This paper results from the research in the framework of the project "Market developments under transition (applied to the petrol and sugar industries)" and its policy implications. A general definition of the problem, the hypothesis and the research methodology are presented in the...

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Intermodal and Intramodal Competition in Passenger Rail Transport

Ivaldi, Marc; Vibes, Catherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The objective of the paper is to elaborate a simulation model to analyse inter and intra-modal competition in the transport industry, based on game theory models. In our setting, consumers choose a transport mode and an operator to travel on a given city-pair; operators strategically decide on...

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The Distribution of Harm in Price-Fixing Cases

Boone, Jan; Müller, Wieland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We consider a vertically related industry and analyze how the total harm due to a price increase upstream is distributed over downstream firms and final consumers. For this purpose, we develop a general model without making specific assumptions regarding demand, costs, or the mode of...

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Market Structure and Market Performance in E-Commerce

Hackl, Franz; Kummer, Michael E; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We investigate the causal effect of market structure on market performance in the consumer electronics. We combine data from Austria's largest online site for price comparisons with retail data on wholesale prices provided by a major hardware producer for consumer electronics. We observe input...

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Inefficiencies in technology transfer: theory and empirics

Allain, Marie-Laure; Henry, Emeric; Kyle, Margaret K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Markets for technology can promote innovation by allowing for division of labor in research and development. Some firms may specialize in the discovery of ideas, while others have a comparative advantage in later stages of development and marketing. However, these gains depend on the timing of...

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European Anti-dumping Policy and the Profitability of National and International Collusion

Vandenbussche, Hylke; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

firms to engage in a domestic or international cartel in a multi-stage setting. The analysis concentrates on how European …

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Licensing the Market for Technology

Arora, Ashish; Fosfuri, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

In technology-based industries, incumbent firms often license their technology to other firms that will potentially compete with them. Such a strategy is difficult to explain within traditional models of licensing. This paper extends the literature on licensing by relaxing the assumption of a...

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Price Competition, Innovation and Profitability: Theory and UK Evidence

Symeonidis, George - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper examines the effect of price competition on innovation, market structure and profitability in R&D-intensive industries. The theoretical predictions are tested using UK data on the evolution of competition, concentration, innovation counts and profitability over 1952-77. The...

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The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings: Lessons to be Learned from the US Residential Market for Natural Gas

Davis, Lucas W; Kilian, Lutz - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Following a Supreme Court decision in 1954, natural gas markets in the U.S. were subject to 35 years of intensive federal regulation. Several studies have measured the deadweight loss from the price ceilings that were imposed during this period. This paper concentrates on an additional component...

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