Results 111 to 120 of about 9,589 (303)
Effects of Tariffication: Tariffs, Quotas and VERs under Monopolistic Competition [PDF]
Recent rounds of GATT and later WTO have advocated widespread tariffication, meaning that existing non-tariff barriers be converted into import equivalent tariffs.
Jan G. Jorgensen +1 more
core
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley +1 more source
This paper revisits the D-S (Dixit-Stiglitz) model. It’s a simple general monopolistic model with n monopolistic goods, and a numeraire good Labour ( w=1); aggregation for all goods in the economy.
Koteski, Cane +2 more
core
The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
wiley +1 more source
From Local to Global Competition [PDF]
This paper lays out and elaborates upon the properties of an extended Chamberlinian model with applications both in Industrial Organization and Economic Geography/ Urban Economics.
Simon P. Anderson, Andre de Palma
core
Is Small Really Beautiful? Explaining Different Unemployment Performances within the Euro-Zone [PDF]
, 2003 This article asks why unemployment performance in small countries in European Monetary Union has been superior to that in large EMU countries. Within a model of monopolistic competition, it is shown that a possible answer is a beggar-thy-neighbor policy ...
Dullien, Sebastian.
core
Researcher–Entrepreneur Relationship and Performance of Innovative Startups
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many innovative startups are joint ventures between researchers and entrepreneurs, who collaborate in R&D and product commercialization. Government policies such as grants, subsidies, and patent licensing fees act as Pigouvian subsidies, incentivizing R&D by bridging the gap between the social and private returns of innovation.
Yangguang Huang, Helen Hui
wiley +1 more source
The Distribution of Earnings under Monopsonistic/polistic Competition [PDF]
Recent empirical contributions in labor economics suggest that individual firms face upward sloping labor supplies. We rationalize this by assuming that idiosyncratic non-pecuniary conditions interact with money wages in workers’ decisions to work for ...
Toulemonde, Eric +1 more
core
Competition in evolving communications markets: issues paper [PDF]
, 2016 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced a market study to examine a range of interrelated matters that have been raised by the industry that may affect the development of competition and efficiency in communications ...
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
core
Motive and Opportunity: Order Choice in a Limit Order Book With Dispersed Information
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We test predictions of market microstructure theory relating to the determinants of order choice in a limit order book where information is dispersed among traders. Using an experimental limit order book, with a large state space, we find that informed traders exhibit patience, compatible with the ‘waiting game’ behaviour described in Foster ...
James Steeley +2 more
wiley +1 more source