Results 91 to 100 of about 3,207,609 (252)

We Value Your Privacy: Behavior‐Based Pricing Under Endogenous Privacy

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study a duopoly model of behavior‐based pricing in which consumers can either disclose or hide their data. We contrast two data policies. Under an open data policy, disclosed data is shared with all firms. In the unique equilibrium, all consumers disclose, and firms price discriminate, leading to welfare losses from inefficient poaching ...
Friederike Heiny, Tianchi Li, Michel Tolksdorf   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colluding Against Environmental Regulation

The Review of Economic Studies
We study collusion among firms against imperfectly monitored environmental regulation. Firms increase variable profits by violating regulation and reduce expected noncompliance penalties by violating jointly.
Jorge Alé-Chilet, Cuicui Chen, Jing Li, Mathias Reynaert   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

PRICE DISCRIMINATION AND MARKET POWER: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS [PDF]

Krymskij Naučnyj Vestnik, 2015
This paper analyzes the contemporary theoretical and empirical research in the field of impact assessment of market power and conclusions about the possibilities of the company to implement price discrimination in different market structures. The results
Olga Smirnova
doaj  

Worker Heterogeneity and the Effect of Noncompetes on Firm Performance

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using staggered state‐level changes in noncompete enforceability, we document that reduced enforcement increases profitability, valuation, productivity, and plant‐level growth in knowledge‐worker‐intensive firms relative to other firms. Critically, these gains are concentrated among the most productive knowledge‐worker firms, consistent with ...
Zhaozhao He, Modupe Babajide Wintoki
wiley   +1 more source

Exchange of Information and Evidence between Competition Authorities and Entrepreneurs’ Rights [PDF]

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2012
This article concentrates on the exchange of information and evidence between competition authorities. The issue is analyzed from the perspective of both antitrust and merger cases.
Mateusz Błachucki, Sonia Jóźwiak
doaj  

RPM and Vertical Integration With Upstream Competition and Noncontractible Efforts

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study RPM and vertical integration in a common agency setting with two differentiated manufacturers and one retailer, where consumer demand depends on both the manufacturers' and retailer's noncontractible efforts. Under vertical separation, the adoption of maximum RPM by both manufacturers is an equilibrium and intensifies competition ...
Michele Bisceglia, Mark Israel, Salvatore Piccolo, Paolo Ramezzana   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ANTITRUST REGULATION IN TERMS OF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CHLOR-ALKALI INDUSTRY

Модернизация, инновация, развитие, 2015
The article reveals the problems of antitrust regulation activities of processing enterprises. The necessity of improving the activity of enforcement to prevent the emergence of monopolistic market structures chlor-alkali industry.
N. N. Grinyov
doaj  

Make or Buy Decisions and Data Sharing

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms can share data to discover potential synergies between their data sets and algorithms, eventually leading to more efficient mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. However, data sharing also modifies the competitive balance when firms do not merge, and a company may be reluctant to share data with potential rivals.
Antoine Dubus, Patrick Legros
wiley   +1 more source

Lurking Patent Claims and Strategic Royalty Contracts

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes optimal licensing contracts when a licensee faces the risk of future infringement claims by unknown patent holders. In a setting where a noncompeting licensor contracts with a monopolistic manufacturer, fixed‐fee licensing is optimal absent such claims.
Jay Pil Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting Favoritism in Public Procurement

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Favoritism as a mode of corruption is a major concern in public procurement (PP) in many countries. We propose a regression discontinuity design (RDD) test arguing that the winning history of marginal winners and losers can be used to detect favoritism.
Joosua Virtanen, Janne Tukiainen, Susmita Baulia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source