In this paper, we offer a hybrid approach to merger simulation in which we allow rather extensive pre-testing to suggest the ‘correct', or most desirable, form for the underlying demand curves. Our application is the merger between the large mobile telephone companies Cingular and AT&T...

Bosnian Abstract:U radu se analiziraju oblici konkurencije u prehrambenoj industriji Jugoslavije, koja se inače smatra jednim od konkurentnijih delova privrede. Analiza je zasnovana na podacima Zavoda za obračun i plaćanje i Zavoda za statistiku, korišćenjem standardnih metodoloških...

In the presence of strong economies of scale, a fall in transport costs can lead to a more pronounced geographical concentration of production. This is very apparent in the growing concentration of breweries in England from 1900-1970. The number of breweries in England fell sharply between 1900...

The government has proposed a ban on the sale of energy drinks to minors on the basis that these products have high levels of sugar and caffeine, and can be damaging to health. Many energy drinks are low in sugar or contain no sugar at all. Even full sugar energy drinks do not contain more sugar...

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that Americans rely on certain for-profit corporations to supply the essentials of everyday life. Even though the government had assumed extraordinary responsibilities for the wellbeing of its citizens for the duration of the crisis, for-profit companies were...

El presente estudio pretende analizar el comportamiento del sector en la última década y comprender los antecedentes de la situación que atraviesan actualmente los caficultores en Colombia. En el documento se presenta una revisión de las principales variables relacionadas con la producción...

Accumulated theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that wine prices depend upon quality, reputation and objective characteristics. Unlike previous studies, we recognize that quality and reputation are latent constructs and therefore employ factor analysis and 2SLS techniques to consistently...

There are very few industries that can attract the attention of Congress, multiple federal and state agencies, consumer groups, economists, antitrust lawyers, the business community, farmers, ranchers, and academics as the agriculture workshops have. Of course, with intense interest from...

This comment was filed with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on December 31, 2009, as "Comments Regarding Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy" in response to the DOJ/USDA request for public comments for the agencies' joint workshops on antitrust...

The member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have placed industrial development at the core of the region's integrated development agenda. This paper seeks to assess the regional competitiveness and opportunities in the sugar to confectionery value chain in Zambia and...