In this paper we suggest a model for an analysis of how newspapers and political parties determine their ideological orientation and how both decisions depend on each other. Quite naturally dissemination of information plays an important role. The model is set up as a two-stage game. Because...

This paper explores farmers’ prospective responses to the “greening” of the Common Agricultural Policy. The analysis is based on discrete choice experiments with 128 German farmers. Participants were asked to choose between a “greening” option with a given set of management...

type="main" xml:id="jage12044-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>This paper explores farmers' prospective responses to the “greening” of the Common Agricultural Policy. The analysis is based on discrete choice experiments with 128 German farmers. Participants were asked to choose between a “greening”...</p>

Both M&A and innovation are instruments for growth and competitive advantage. Therefore they are fundamental to each firm?s competitive strategy. Usually, both instruments have been studied separately, but much less in conjunction. This is unfortunate as both processes - the process of...

This paper compares the decisions of s single product oligopolists and of a multiproduct monopolist with respect to pricing, product choice, location and entry, within a 3 stage game on the part of the oligopolists. It turns out that from the consumer's point of view a monopolistic versus...

The paper analyzes the welfare effects of resale price maintenance (RPM) when the level of service of one retailer generates negative rather than positive spillovers for other retailers. A simple linear demand system is used and is linked to preferences of consumers via a discrete-choice...

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG - Diese Arbeit quantifiziert Verzerrungen, die sich bei der Verwendung von Daten aus der IAB-Beschäftigtenstatistik in Analysen von Betriebsgründungen und -schließungen ergeben können. Wir zeigen, daß bisherige Studien von Gründungs- und Schließungsdaten ausgegangen sind,...