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Competition Among Hospitals

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May 1, 1987

Hospital price and expense data for 1978-79 are examined to identify the effects of competition. The results imply that a reduction in market concentration results in an increase in both price and...

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A Note on Obtaining Estimates of Cross-Elasticities of Demand

Date

May 1, 1987

Based on the concept of weakly separable utility (which applied empirical work implicitly or explicitly assumes), this paper develops a theoretical condition that a set of own and cross-elasticity of...

A Note on Obtaining Estimates of Cross-Elasticities of Demand (207.24 KB)

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Restrictions on Dental Auxiliaries

Date

May 1, 1987

Examines empirically the effects of various state restrictions on the number and use of dental hygienists and assistants. Concludes that relaxation of restrictions on the number of hygienists that a...

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State Regulation of Takeovers and Shareholder Wealth: The Effects of New York State's 1985 Takeover Statutes

Date

April 1, 1987

Study examines the stock market's reactions to two anti-takeover statutes passed by New York State in 1985. Findings indicate that the law resulted in an average decline in equity value of nearly one...

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A Critical Evaluation of Petroleum Import Tariffs: Analytical and Historical Perspectives

Date

April 1, 1987

A cost/benefit analysis of a petroleum import tariff. The study finds that such a tariff imposes a net loss on society and is an inefficient means of attaining any national goals.

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An Empirical Conjectural Variation Model of Oligopoly

Date

February 1, 1987

Price conjectural variations are estimated to measure the degree of price competition in a product differentiated oligopoly. The empirical model is a simultaneous equation system of product demand and...

An Empirical Conjectural Variation Model of Oligopoly (633.16 KB)

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Free Trading or Free Riding: An Examination of the Theories and Available Empirical Evidence on Gray Market Imports

Date

February 1, 1987

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Free Trading or Free Riding: An Examination of the Theories and Available Empirical Evidence on Gray Market Imports (457.04 KB)

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Why Price Correlations Do Not Define Antitrust Markets: On Econometric Algorithms for Market Definition

Date

January 1, 1987

This paper compares two econometric methods that have been proposed for market definition: price correlations and residual demand curve estimation. Econometric theory is used to demonstrate that price...

Why Price Correlations Do Not Define Antitrust Markets: On Econometric Algorithms for Market Definition (1.17 MB)

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Advertising and Product Quality: The Role of the Bonding Characteristics of Advertising

Date

December 1, 1986

Advertising and Product Quality: The Role of the Bonding Characteristics of Advertising (524.68 KB)

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Mergers, Event Studies, and Systematic Risk

Date

October 1, 1986

Mergers, Event Studies, and Systematic Risk (675.18 KB)

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Experimental Studies of Markets with Buyers Ignorant of Quality Before Purchase: When Do "Lemons" Drive Out High Quality Products?

Date

September 1, 1986

Experiments indicated that if sellers could not develop reputations for poor quality, then the market would consist entirely of poor quality products. The need to attract re-purchase is not sufficient...

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Retail Featuring as an Entry or Mobility Barrier in Manufacturing

Date

September 1, 1986

Retail Featuring as an Entry or Mobility Barrier in Manufacturing (369.97 KB)

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Dual Distribution as a Vertical Control Device

Date

September 1, 1986

Dual Distribution as a Vertical Control Device (331.23 KB)

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Market Definition Under 1984 Merger Guidelines: Critical Demand Elasticities

Date

August 1, 1986

Market Definition Under 1984 Merger Guidelines: Critical Demand Elasticities (167.95 KB)

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The "Steiner Effect": A Prediction from a Monopolistically Competitive Model Inconsistent with any Combination of Pure Monopoly or Competition

Date

August 1, 1986

The "Steiner Effect": A Prediction from a Monopolistically Competitive Model Inconsistent with any Combination of Pure Monopoly or Competition (300.65 KB)

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A Theory of Input Exchange Agreements

Date

July 1, 1986

A Theory of Input Exchange Agreements (459.57 KB)

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Cost-Raising Strategies

Date

July 1, 1986

Cost-Raising Strategies (394.99 KB)

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The Efficacy of Minimum Quality Certification in the Used Vehicle Market

Date

July 1, 1986

The Efficacy of Minimum Quality Certification in the Used Vehicle Market (270.43 KB)

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Product Quality & Information in the Used Car Market

Date

June 1, 1986

Assesses evidence on product quality problems in the used car market and looks at the effects of various state laws that attempt to improve the market.

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Empirical Approaches to Consumer Protection Economics (Conference Volume)

Date

June 1, 1986

Proceedings of a conference on consumer protection regulation. Twelve papers by academic and government economists dealing with various advertising and product quality problems.

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