This paper analyzes the effects of standards on U.K. trade performance. The results suggest that U.K. strength in standards improves the U.K. trade balance but can also act to make the U.K. market more open. The results also contradict two common views of the effects of standards: first, that...

This paper presents a method of identifying asymmetric competitor networks between different products using data on the price and characteristics of these different products. The technique is applied to data on the spreadsheet software market and it suggests that asymmetric competitor linkages...