Die Errichtung von Glasfaserinfrastrukturen erfordert von den ausbauenden Unternehmen hohe Investitionen. In jüngster Zeit ist vermehrt zu beobachten, dass in diesem Geschäftsfeld Akteure auftreten, die sich auf den Aufbau und Betrieb der neuen Netze konzentrieren, ohne selbst Dienste an...

Die Errichtung von Glasfaserinfrastrukturen erfordert von den ausbauenden Unternehmen hohe Investitionen. In jüngster Zeit ist vermehrt zu beobachten, dass in diesem Geschäftsfeld Akteure auftreten, die sich auf den Aufbau und Betrieb der neuen Netze konzentrieren, ohne selbst Dienste an...

Similar to the perfect one, second-degree price discrimination charges different price for different quantity. Unlike the perfect one, this time the discount is massive, and the quantity difference even so. An obvious explanation is that the customer is a wholesaler, who has a larger demand...

We study the competitive and welfare effects of wholesale price-parity agreements. These contracts prevent a monopolist, who sells its product to final consumers both directly and indirectly through alternative distribution channels, to charge different input (wholesale) prices to competing...

Previous research has found price discrimination in business-to-consumer (B2C) markets, where buyers are end customers. There is limited research on suppliers' price-quoting behaviors and price discrimination in business-to-business (B2B) markets. It is unclear whether certain characteristics of...

Policies supporting investment in renewable electricity have been a cornerstone of climate policy in many parts of the world. While previous empirical work explores the economic and environmental impacts of renewable production, the focus has exclusively been on the short-run impacts of...

Policies supporting investment in renewable electricity have been a cornerstone of climate policy in many parts of the world. While previous empirical work explores the economic and environmental impacts of renewable production, the focus has exclusively been on the short-run impacts of...

This paper develops and applies a novel estimation procedure for quantile regressions with time-varying coefficients based on a fully parametric, multifactor specification. The algorithm recursively filters the multifactor dynamic coefficients with a Kalman filter and parameters are estimated by...

In the Indian state of West Bengal, potato farmers sell to local middlemen because they lack direct access to wholesale markets. In high-frequency farmer marketing surveys we find that farmers are poorly informed about wholesale and retail prices, and there is a large gap between wholesale and...

Generic drugs comprise an increasing share of total prescriptions dispensed in the U.S., rising from nearly 50 percent in 1999 to 75 percent in 2009. The generic drug market has typically been viewed at the wholesale level as a competitive market with price approaching marginal costs. However,...

Generic drugs comprise an increasing share of total prescriptions dispensed in the U.S., rising from nearly 50 percent in 1999 to 75 percent in 2009. The generic drug market has typically been viewed at the wholesale level as a competitive market with price approaching marginal costs. However,...

Kerstin Schmidt entwickelt ein analytisches Modell verteilter Produktentwicklungsprozesse, welches individuelle Zielsetzungen, existierende Unsicherheiten sowie insbesondere substitutionale Abhängigkeiten zwischen den Zulieferern hinsichtlich der von ihnen zu entwickelnden Komponenten...

The national terms of trade, defined as the ratio of an export price index to an import price index has been extensively studied empirically. In this paper we construct an alternative measure, which we call the consumption terms of trade. This measure recognizes the fact that consumers and firms...

This paper studies how prices comove across products, firms and locations to gauge the relative importance of retailer versus manufacturer-level shocks in determining prices. I make use of a large panel data set on prices for a cross-section of retailers in the U.S. I analyze prices at the...