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competition on investment: competition seemingly helps stimulating investment in the most developed areas, but has probably no …
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Maintaining the security of critical infrastructure networks is vital for a modern economy. This paper examines a game-theoretic model of attack and defense of a network in which the defender's objective is to maintain network connectivity and the attacker's objective is to destroy a set of...
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We analyze strategic interactions between two competing distributors of an independent TV channel. Consistent with most of the relevant markets, we assume that the distributors set end-user prices while the TV channel sets advertising prices. Within this framework we show that the distributors...
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We study the dynamics of competition in a model with network effects, an incumbent and entry. We propose a new way of …
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We consider dynamic competition among platforms in a market with network externalities. A platform that dominated the … the focal platform whenever such equilibrium exists. Yet when faced with higher-quality competition, can a low …
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prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …
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ad-averse consumers and advertising space to firms. As all consumers prefer high over low quality content, competition … for viewers is vertical. By contrast, competition for advertisers is horizontal, taking into account the firms' targeted …
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stress that competition and regulatory authorities should take seriously the potential trade-off between market power effects …
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We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public … to the steady state. While fiercer competition (lower transportation costs or less sluggish demand) leads to higher … quality in both solutions, the quality response to increased competition is weaker when players use feedback strategies …
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Generic competition in the pharmaceutical market is an effective cost-containment mechanism that improves static … adoption of generic competition. This paper aims to investigate how price regulations in the OECD affect the adoption of … generic competition following the first global generic launch of each molecule. Drawing upon data from 1999 to 2008, we …
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