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Entrants often need to make considerable sunk investments whose returns are highlyuncertain. The option to exit the market if returns are low helps to reduce investment risksand can be an important impetus to investment. We examine the interaction between exitpolicy and up-front investment by...
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Whilst a lot has been said about how to fight corruption at tender stage in public procurement, post-tender corruption is an issue that remains almost unexplored. In this paper, we make a step towards filling this gap, by studying the relationship between the quality of a country's institutions,...
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Ever since the inception of research on strategic trade policy, economists have warned that the informational requirements are high, and unlikely to be met in practice. This paper investigates the implications of incomplete information for a simple, rent-shifting trade policy of the type...
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