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We use retail transaction prices for a multinational retailer to examine the extent and permanence of violations of the law of one price (LOOP). For identical products, we find typical deviations of twenty to fifty percent, though there is muted evidence for convergence over time. Such...
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convergence before the actual reduction of barriers to arbitrage and the systematic international price differentiation by product …
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medicines conflicts with traditional sources of arbitrage (e.g., price and income differences) and instead is a form of … ‘regulatory arbitrage’ that does not produce equivalent welfare effects. We draw upon a unique dataset that contains records of … regulation, and not by price differences in line with the hypothesis of "regulatory arbitrage". …
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In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the relationship between city growth and institutional reform in 19th century Germany, when some cities experienced deep institutional reform as a result of French rule. Employing an...
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caused by regulatory arbitrage on the capacity of regulators to use several regulatory instruments. …
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lending is consistent with the most popular DWT arbitrage schemes. After the reform the spikes in Denmark disappear, but they … continue in the other Nordics. We interpret this as evidence that the reform was successful at eliminating DWT arbitrage. We … portfolio investment or dividend policy. We also consider DWT arbitrage among 15 European countries between 2010-2019. We find …
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exists, arbitrage opportunities must also exist. Conversely, at times when arbitrage profits exist, asset markets are … susceptible to self-fulfilling fluctuations. The tight theoretical connection between price volatility and arbitrage is detectable …
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This paper shows that consumers may buy more of a taxed good if it is sold by a two-sided platform firm. Two-sided platform industries serve distinct customer groups that are connected through interdependent demand, and include major businesses such as the media industry (newspapers/magazines...
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disability risk. Optimal disability benefits rise with previous earnings so that public transfers depend not only on current …
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