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Strategic Search Diversion, Product Affiliation and Platform Competition

Hagiu, Andrei; Jullien, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Platforms use search diversion in order to trade off total consumer traffic for higher revenues derived by exposing consumers to products other than the ones that best fit their preferences. Our analysis yields three key and novel insights regarding search diversion incentives, which have direct...

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Competition and Firm Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from Firm Level Surveys in Slovenia, Hungary and Romania

Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

In this paper firm level data are used to test whether competition affects productivity performance in three transition … pressure has a positive impact on firm performance in Hungary and Slovenia, but not in Romania, while in Romenia short …-run competitive pressure has a positive impact on performance. The paper also finds evidence that ownership matters. Traditional firms …

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The Evolution of Markets and the Revolution of Industry: A Quantitative Model of England's Development, 1300-2000

Desmet, Klaus; Parente, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper argues that an economy's transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth requires markets to reach a critical size, and competition to reach a critical level of intensity. By allowing an economy to produce a greater variety of goods, a larger market makes goods more...

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Does Market Structure Matter? New Evidence from Russia

Brown, Annette; Brown, J David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

In this paper we re-examine empirically the Structure-Conduct-Performance relationship between concentration and …

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Competition, Entry, and the Social Returns to Infrastructure in Transition Economies

Aghion, Philippe; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper presents a simple model for analysing the contribution of investments in physical and institutional infrastructure to the transition process. In addition to the direct cost savings, infrastructure investment generates important indirect effects, or transition impacts. The model shows...

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