This paper extends the standard Hotelling model with quadratic transport costs to the multi-firm case. Considering locational equilibria we show that neither holds the Principle of Maximum Differentiation - as in the duopoly model - nor does the Principle of Minimum Differentiation - as in the...

The paper studies the impact of social networks on the level of within industry competition. Specifically, we examine the effect of social relations between CEOs on the propensity to cooperate with the antitrust agency during a cartel investigation.We use cartel data based on decisions by the...

For a large European data set, we find that in about 21% of all cases, cross-hierarchy pay schedules are inconsistent with tournament theory for managers from the highest echelons. For middle echelons, this number increases to 55%. We study whether social preferences of potential contestants...