Vertical Integration, Raising Rivals’ Costs and Upstream Collusion [PDF]
This paper analyzes the impact vertical integration has on upstream collusion when the price of the input is linear. As a first step, the paper derives the collusive equilibrium that requires the lowest discount factor in the infinitely repeated game ...
Hans-Theo Normann
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The Voice Disrupted: Articulation, Hesitation, and Moral Seriousness in F. R. Leavis's Pedagogy
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Steven Cranfield
wiley +1 more source
Assessing second‐price auctions for parcel exchanges in last‐mile logistics
Abstract The rapid growth of e‐commerce has led to multiple carriers operating in the same regions, creating opportunities for collaboration. However, logistics companies typically operate independently, leading to inefficiencies. Horizontal cooperation, where carriers share resources and infrastructure, can improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Christian Truden, Margaretha Gansterer
wiley +1 more source
How training culture normalizes sport bullying: suffering, obedience, and structural violence in athlete development. [PDF]
Huang H +5 more
europepmc +1 more source
Collusion Sustainability with Multimarket Contacts: Revisiting HHI Tests [PDF]
Our paper focuses on the relationship between market concentration and collusion sustainability in a framework of multimarket contacts. We consider two independent and symmetric markets in which a subset of firms are active in both markets.
Edmond Baranes +2 more
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Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards +7 more
wiley +1 more source
Consequences of prion strain mixtures: Indifference, competition, or collusion. [PDF]
Woerman AL, Bartz JC.
europepmc +1 more source
Firms' symmetry and sustainability of collusion in a Hotelling duopoly [PDF]
We use a differentiated duopoly a la Hotelling to assess the impact of firms' symmetry on the sustainability of a tacit collusive agreement. We obtain that the smaller firm has the greater incentive to deviate and that symmetry helps collusion for any ...
Stefano Colombo
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Belief in a Norm‐Consistent Climate Policy Conspiracy Theory and Non‐Normative Collective Action
ABSTRACT Believing in conspiracy theories is connected to support for non‐normative collective action. One explanation might be that this is due to both being non‐normative. Alternatively, it might be the case that non‐normative action appears justified based on what conspiracy theories alleging harm to a personally relevant group due to powerholders ...
Lotte Pummerer +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Blockchain-based two-level trustable reputation framework for e-commerce platform using smart contracts. [PDF]
Krishnan KS +7 more
europepmc +1 more source

