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capacity on competition among" generators. We show that there may be no relationship between the effect of a transmission line …" in spurring competition and the actual electricity that flows on the line. We then investigate the" equilibria that are … relatively small investments in transmission may yield surprisingly large" payoffs in terms of increased competition …
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This paper analyzes the determination of the optimal tariff under the assumption of Consistent Conjectural Variations (CCV). A general characterization of the CCV equilibrium is given. We show that (i) there are, in general, a multiplicity of such equilibria, and (ii) under certain restrictions,...
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Open borders imply systems competition. This paper studies the implications of systems competition for the national … competition rules. It is shown that an equilibrium where all countries retain their antitrust laws does not exist, since …
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impact of competition on information revelation is ambiguous in general. We identify a condition on the information …
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We construct a fully specified extensive form game that captures competitive markets with adverse selection. In particular, it allows firms to offer any finite set of contracts, so that cross-subsidization is not ruled out. Moreover, firms can withdraw from the market after initial contract...
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Tournaments, reward structures based on rank order, are compared with individual contracts in a model with one risk-neutral principal and many risk-averse agents. Each agents' output is a stochastic function of his effort level plus an additive shock term that is common to all the agents. The...
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Owners of intellectual property or mere sponsors of an idea (e.g., authors, security issuers, sponsors of standards) often need to persuade potential buyers or adopters of the worth of their property or idea. To this purpose, they often resort to more or less independent certifiers. This paper...
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I develop a model of bilateral conversations in which players may honestly exchange ideas with their competitors. The key to incentive compatibility is a strong form of complementarity in the information structure: a player can only generate a useful new insight on a given topic if he has access...
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-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led …We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …
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that China sells, rather than goods that China buys. I assess evidence from recent literature on these arguments and …
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