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We study the problem of information sharing in oligopoly, when sharing decisions are taken before the realization of private signals. Using the general model developed by Raith (1996), we show that if firms are allowed to make bilateral exclusive sharing agreements, then some degree of...
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We study the problem of information sharing in oligopoly, when sharing decisions are taken before the realization of private signals. Using the general model developed by Raith (1996), we show that if firms are allowed to make bilateral exclusive sharing agreements, then some degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731151
quantify the effects of optional pricing on welfare, consumption, and production costs. The model assumes that households can … model offers to each household a menu of possible rate sets obtained by maximizing a collective welfare function subject to … overall consumer welfare and reduce average production cost. However, the distribution of welfare effects can be uneven, with …
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We consider a problem of allocating multiple identical objects to a group of agents and collecting payments. Each agent may receive several objects and has quasi-linear preferences with a submodular valuation function. It is known thatWalrasian mechanisms are manipulable. We investigate the...
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We analyze whether different learning abilities of firms with respect to general equilibrium effects lead to different levels of unemployment. We consider a general equilibrium model where firms in one sector compete à la Cournot and a real wage rigidity leads to unemployment. If firms consider...
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The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number and size of firms. Whether economies of scale rise or fall in a particular industry...
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, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …
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electricity auctions. This paper presents an intuitive account of current understanding and shows how welfare losses depend on the …
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