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This paper proposes and empirically implements a framework for analyzing industry competition and the degree of joint profit maximization of merging firms in differentiated product industries. Using pre- and post-merger industry data, I am able to separate merging firms' intra-organizational...
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A building block of many models in empirical industrial organization is a characteristic space, where products are modeled as a bundle of characteristics over which consumers have preferences. The ability of such models to predict counterfactual outcomes depends on how well this characteristic...
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The industry of olive and olive oil has a sizeable weight in Andalusia since the ancient times. In the period of Roman Betica, the industry was the economic base of some very influential families in the arena of high politics. Hadrian, the emperor, was born in a wealthy family with interests in...
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This paper provides the first systematic evidence on how franchisors adjust their royalty rates and franchise fees as they gain franchising experience. This evidence comes from a unique panel data set that we assembled on these monetary contract terms for about 1,000 franchisors each year for...
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Paper presents diverse modes of governance of chemical and biological risks in agri-food sector, assesses their efficiency, complementarities, and challenges, and suggests recommendations for public policies improvement. It defines governance as system of social order responsible for particular...
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Traditionally, magazines have operated in a two-sided market, serving two groups of customers at the same time: readers and advertisers. With the rise of the Internet, further demand channels have been explored: readers can now access much of the contents also on the magazine's website, which in...
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We consider a two-stage serial supply chain with capacity limits, where each installation is operated by managers attempting to minimize their own costs. A multiple-period model is necessitated by the multiple stages, capacity limits, stochastic demand, and the explicit consideration of...
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We examine how retailers discount the prices of product systems versus their constituent components. The topic is important because such systems are ubiquitous in our daily lives. In particular, many high-tech markets revolve around complex multi-component systems – e.g. a camera system...
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Health care is one of the most important public policy areas both due to the economic importance of the sector and its impact on individual well-being. Health and hospital services have historically been provided through centralised, highly regulated or non-market means in most OECD countries...
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