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Double barrier options have become popular instruments in derivative markets. Several papers_new have already analyseddouble knock-out call and put options using different methods. In a recent paper, Geman and Yor (1996) deriveexpressions for the Laplace transform of the double barrrier option...
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Double barrier options have become popular instruments in derivative markets. Several papers have already analysed double knock-out call and put options using different methods. In a recent paper, Geman and Yor (1996) derive expressions for the Laplace transform of the double barrrier option...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281742
question how to measure such indirect effectscorrectly under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition. Conventional CBA … competition, provided that the demand curve isappropriately defined. Under less than perfect competition, the indirect effect can … competition it can be smaller, identical or larger, depending on the details ofthe model specification and on the possibility of …
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question how to measure such indirect effects correctly under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition. Conventional CBA … competition, provided that the demand curve is appropriately defined. Under less than perfect competition, the indirect effect can … competition it can be smaller, identical or larger, depending on the details of the model specification and on the possibility of …
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Champions of sustainable growth often call for more durable production technologies with less capital depreciation. As investment in more durable capital is encouraged by lower interest rates, we investigate whether policy makers can steer the economy towards a path with low interest rates in...
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This paper examines the effect of a housing assistance program on school enrollment, child labor and poverty reduction among poor families in Ecuador. Administrative data is merged to a household panel to link the history of a voucher application with socioeconomic information. Two empirical...
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faces competition from a slower but betteraccessible transport mode. To access the fast transport network individuals haveto … presence of competition the profit-maximizingand socially optimal decision would be to cluster the two stations. Bycontrast, in … the absence of competition both a profit-maximizing firm and a socialplanner would locate the two stations on opposite …
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The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately. Our paper contributes to this discussion by investigating the effectiveness of grade incentives in increasing student performance. We perform a direct comparison of the two most...
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This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Games and Economic Behavior</I> (2012), pp. 120-138.<P> We consider an oligopolistic market where firms compete in price and quality and where consumers are heterogeneous in knowledge: some consumers know both the prices and quality of the products offered,...</p></i>
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We study the effects of competition in a context in which people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that … in such an environment the very presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any payoff … gains for the short side of the market. We also find that competition has a strong negative impact on social well-being, the …
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