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Measuring market concentration in the Aegean ferry system
Goulielmos, Alexander M.; Sitzimis, Giannis - In: SPOUDAI - Journal of Economics and Business 62 (2012) 1/2, pp. 7-27
The paper calculates the concentration in 6 major routes of the Greek ferry system (2001-2010), important not only for …
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Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in Romania: Features and trends
Stanciu, Silvius; Virlãnutã, Florina Oana; Vochin, … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 21 (2019) Special Issue No. 13, pp. 778-794
the degree of concentration of the fast-moving consumer goods market based on the Gini Struck Method has led to a high …
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Price-concentration analysis in merger cases with differentiated products
Beckert, Walter; Mazzarotto, Nicola - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-16, pp. 1-23
, semi-nonparametric econometric model of competition in such markets, examines its testable implications in terms of price-concentration … relationships, and demonstrates that the model is non-parametrically identified. This general approach to price-concentration …
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Endogenous technology sharing in R&D intensive industries
Clark, Derek J.; Sand, Jan Yngve - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-1, pp. 1-48
This paper analyses endogenous formation of technology sharing coalitions with asymmetric firms. Coalition partners produce complementary technology advancements, although firms do not co-operate on R&D investment level or in the product market. The equilibrium coalition outcome is either...
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Investigating the exponential age distribution of firms
Coad, Alex - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-17, pp. 1-30
While several plots of the aggregate age distribution suggest that firm age is exponentially distributed, we find some departures from the exponential benchmark. At the lower tail, we find that very young establishments are more numerous than expected, but they face high exit hazards. At the...
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A study of price evolution in online toy market
Yang, Zhenlin; Gan, Lydia; Tang, Fang-Fang - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-28, pp. 1-29
We study and contrast pricing and price evolution of online only (Dotcom) and online branch of multi-channel retailers (OBMCRs) based on two panel data sets collected from online toy markets. Panel data regression analyses reveal several interesting empirical results: over time, OBMCRs and...
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A micro-economic approach to geographic market definition on local retail markets: Demand side considerations
Beckert, Walter - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-29, pp. 1-32
This paper formalizes an empirically implementable framework for the definition of local antitrust markets in retail markets. This framework rests on a demand model that captures the trade-off between distance and pecuniary cost across alternative shopping destinations within local markets. The...
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Estimación del precio de oferta de la energía eléctrica en Colombia mediante inteligencia artificial
Hurtado Moreno, Laura; Quintero Montoya, Olga Lucía; … - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 18 (2014), pp. 54-87
One of the most important economic strategic sectors in any economy is the electricity market. Its main feature is its oligopolistic character favoured by the returns to scale which act as an entry barrier. As a result, the energy generators can use their power market in order to increase their...
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Business concentration through the eyes of the HHI
Djolov, George - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 7 (2014) 2, pp. 105-127
This paper examines the understanding of business concentration through the Her findahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), by … showing that this index is conceptually a model according to which this concentration is the consequence of a renewal process … into differing concentration levels attributable only to the economic activity with which firms vie. As a consequence …
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The Impact of Selected Economic Variables on New Business Formation and Business Failures
Millington, J. Kent - In: Journal of Small Business Finance 3 (1994) 2, pp. 177-179
The current study was undertaken to identify economic variables that could be identified as influential in new business formations and failures. Monthly formations and failures for each state, summed by regions and the entire USA, as reported by Dun & Bradstreet, are used. The time period is...
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