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Externalities, Monopoly and the Objective Function of the Firm [PDF]
This paper provides a theory of general equilibrium with externalities and/or monopoly. We assume that the firm's decisions are based on the preferences of shareholders and/or other stakeholders.
David Kelsey, Frank Milne
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The ecology of gestational growth in a wild cooperative mammal
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Using data from hundreds of wild pregnant meerkats, Thorley et al show that gestational growth varies widely, is shaped by nutrition but not social conditions, and improves pup survival without shortening telomeres. The fitness consequences and limited flexibility of prenatal growth likely enhance selection on early postnatal growth plasticity ...
Jack Thorley +8 more
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Inter-temporal Price Discrimination with Time Inconsistent Consumers [PDF]
This paper looks at the inter-temporal price discrimination game that arises when a monopolist faces naïve-time-inconsistent consumers. En route to solving this game, we introduce two new solution concepts for dynamic games where some players are time ...
Yianis Sarafidis
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Collaborating in future states—Contextual instability, paradigmatic remaking, and public policy
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract Collaboration is ubiquitous in public policy life, with its presence and profile determined by prevailing governance conditions. Commitments to globalisation and marketisation in the latter part of the 20th century marked the onset of an era defined by collaboration, between and across tiers and spheres of government, with non‐state actors ...
Helen Sullivan
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Social Costs of Monopoly and Regulation [PDF]
When an industry is monopolized, price rises above and output falls below the competitive level. Those who continue to buy the product at the higher price suffer a loss, but this loss is exactly offset by the additional revenue that the monopolist ...
Richard A. Posner
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Public service supply chain management: A study of Australian employment services
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract To continuously improve public service provision has been a stated goal of governments worldwide. Despite the increasing popularity of systems approaches to analysing public service delivery, research into the topic from a supply chain management (SCM) perspective, while acknowledged for its potential contribution to improving public service ...
Phuc Nguyen +2 more
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Regulation and Taxation of Casinos under State-Monopoly, Private Monopoly and Casino Association Regimes [PDF]
This paper considers alternative forms of regulation and taxation of the casino sector. The model considers the situation of a typical tourist destination country that is using casinos to attract and entertain foreign tourists. The objective is to invest
Glenn P. Jenkins, Hasret Benar
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The Quintuple Canonization of 1622: Between the Renewal of the Making of Saints and Claims for Pontifical Monopoly [PDF]
, 2022 Christian Renoux
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