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Investment Strategies under Uncertainty: Theory and evidence of preemption in case of geographical market entrance

Karoly, Andrea - 2007

.Extending the duopoly model to the oligopoly case the results present that each additional competitor delays the first market … profitability on the optimal market entry timing and firm values. The duopoly model shows the existence of three types of … that continuation may disappear in some subgames of the market entry game in an oligopoly as a result of which no closed …

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On singular control games : with applications to capital accumulation

Steg, Jan-Henrik - 2010

The aim of this work is to establish a mathematically precise framework for studying games of capital accumulation under uncertainty. Such games arise as a natural extension from different perspectives that all lead to singular control exercised by the agents, which induces some essential...

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Essays in empirical industrial economics

Zulehner, Christine - 2001

This thesis consists of two parts, which are connected by an introduction on auction and oligopoly markets and a short …

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Four Essays in Insurance

Sonnenholzner, Michael - 2005

This thesis contains four essays which are all from the broader field of insurance economics. The chapters can be read independently, although there is a certain connection between the articles. Chapter 2, which deals with moral hazard, and chapter 3, which is on oligopolistic models in the...

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Matching Issues: An auction with externalities and unraveling matching markets

Ranger, Martin - 2005

This dissertation examines two problems that may arise in matching problems.The first two chapters deal with auctions for multiple units where bidders exhibitexternalities. The third chapter links risk aversion and information to unraveling inlabor markets.Auctions can lead to efficient...

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Three Essays on Vertical Product Differentiation: Exclusivity, Non-exclusivity and Advertising

Costantino, Cesar - 2004

Since Hotelling's (1929) seminal work, economists have tried to understand how product differentiation affects price competition. I study the product location decisions, on a vertical characteristic space, of two sets of horizontal competitors when the inputs supplied by the "upstream" set (the...

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Advertising and competition in theory practice and public policy

Fulop, C - 1980

competition. A survey of the main literature in economic theory concerned with advertising and competition includes the theory of … value, the theory of the firm, and theories and empirical studies on the effects of advertising and imperfect competition on … the results of the empirical research and the case histories. The theory and practice of advertising and competition is …

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Internet Exchanges for Used Books: An Empirical Analysis of ProductCannibalization and Welfare Impact

Ghose, Anindya; Smith, Michael; Telang, Rahul - 2008

Information systems and the Internet have facilitated the creation ofused-product markets that feature a dramatically wider selection, lowersearch costs, and lower prices than their brick-and-mortar counterpartsdo. The increased viability of these used-product markets has causedconcern among...

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Search Costs, Demand Structure and Long Tail in ElectronicMarkets:Theory and Evidence

Ghose, Anindya; Gu, Bin - NYU Stern School of Business; University of Texas at Austin - 2006

It is well known that the Internet has significantly reduced consumers'search costs online. But relatively little is known about how searchcosts affect consumer demand structure in online markets. In this paper,we identify the impact of search costs on firm competition and marketstructure by...

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Price dispersion and loss leaders

Attila Ambrus; Jonathan Weinstein - Department of Economics, Harvard University; Kellogg … - 2008

[This item is a preserved copy. To view the original, visit http://econtheory.org/] Dispersion in retail prices of identical goods is inconsistent with the standard model of price competition among identical firms, which predicts that all prices will be driven down to cost. One common...

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