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A Leverage Theory of Tying in Two-Sided Markets

Choi, Jay Pil - 2016

Partly motivated by the recent antitrust investigations concerning Google, we develop a leverage theory of tying in two …

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The Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments : Energy Efficiency and Redistribution

Haupt, Alexander; Brzeskot, Magdalena - 2021

We analyse optimal environmental policies in a market that is vertically differentiated in terms of the energy efficiency of products. Considering energy taxes, subsidies to firms for investment in more eco-friendly products, and product standards, we are particularly interested in how...

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Incentive Regulation, Investments and Technological Change

Vogelsang, Ingo - 2021

Based on an idiosyncratic reading of the literature I propose intermediate (rather than tight or soft) regulation for … balancing investment incentives with allocative efficiency and competition objectives. Intermediate regulation is compatible … with incentive regulation and helps lengthening the regulatory commitment period necessary for incentives. However, such …

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Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals

Brekke, Kurt R. - 2015

This paper studies the effects of price regulation and parallel imports in the on-patent pharmaceutical market. In a … theory model where the producer price is subject to bargaining between the brand-name producer and a distributor, we show … that the effects of stricter price regulation crucially depend on whether the producer faces competition from parallel …

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The International Organization of Production in the Regulatory Void

Herkenhoff, Philipp - 2020

international outsourcing and most strongly so for sourcing from low-regulation countries. Motivated by these findings, we introduce …

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Asymmetric Neutrality Regulation and Innovation at the Edges : Fixed vs. Mobile Networks

Choi, Jay Pil - 2014

We study how net neutrality regulations affect a high-bandwidth content provider's (CP) investment incentives in quality of services (QoS). We find that the effects crucially depend on network capacity levels. With limited capacity, as in mobile networks, prioritized delivery services are...

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The Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments: Energy Efficiency and Redistribution

Haupt, Alexander; Stadejek, Magdalena - CESifo - 2010

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Market Liberalization in the European Natural Gas Market - The Importance of Capacity Constraints and Efficiency Differences

Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van; … - 2021

In the European Union, energy markets are increasingly being liberalized. A case in point is the European natural gas industry. The general expectation is that more competition will lead to lower prices and higher volumes, and hence higher welfare. This paper indicates that this might not happen...

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Cutting Too Close? Design Protection and Innovation in Fashion Goods

Hackett, Petal Jean - 2012

Continued lobbying by high-end, American designers for intellectual property-type fashion design protection has culminated in the proposed Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act, intended to introduce EU standards. Using a sequential, 2-firm, vertical differentiation framework,...

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Carbon Leakage and Capactiy-Based Allocations - Is the EU Right?

Meunier, Guy; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre; Quirion, Philippe - 2021

Two main approaches have been implemented in regional CO2 markets to address competitiveness and carbon leakage: output based allocation (Australia, California, New Zealand) and capacity based allocation (EU). This paper characterizes the best policy, given that auctioning with border adjustment...

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