Title:Market Power on the Colonial Frontier? Evidence From Sao Paulo 1800-1840
Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; PAIXAO, RicardoDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Economists often assume that agricultural markets in history were competitive, and all producers received the same price. in contrast, most agricultural historians deem prices to differ among agents, according to their ...
Title:Market regulation and firm performance : the case of smoking bans in the United Kingdom
Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; BERLINSKI, Samuel; MACHIN, StephenDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyzes the effects on firms of a ban on smoking in public places. Our empirical strategy relies on comparing outcomes in Scotland before and after the Scottish smoking ban (introduced in March 2006) with those ...
Title:Market Regulation and Firm Performance: The Case of Smoking Bans in the UK
Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; BERLINSKI, Samuel; BHASKAR, V.; MACHIN, StephenDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. Analysis of survey data from public houses finds that the Scottish smoking ban (introduced in March 2006) reduced pub sales and ...
Title:Market Structure and Competition Policy: Game theoretic approaches
Author(s):NORMAN, George; THISSE, Jacques-FrancoisDate:2000Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Market Structure and Competition Policy applies modern advances in game theory to the analysis of competition policy and develops some of the theoretical and policy concerns associated with the pioneering work of Louis ...
Title:Market vs. Institutions: The Trade-off Between Unemployment and Wage Inequality Revisited
Author(s):BICAKOVA, AlenaDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The trade-off hypothesis suggests that high wage inequality in the US and the UK and
high unemployment in countries of continental Europe are consequences of the same
negative change in the demand for the low skilled ...
Title:Market: Consumption and Commerce
Author(s):HAUPT, Heinz-Gerhard; NOLTE, PaulDate:2010Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Marketing Modernity: Italian advertising from fascism to postmodernity
Author(s):ARVIDSSON, AdamDate:2003Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In Marketing Modernity, Adam Arvidsson traces the development of Italy's postmodern consumer culture from the 1920s to the present day. In so doing, Arvidsson argues that the culture of consumption we see in Italy today ...
Title:Markets and Contracts
Author(s):BISIN, Alberto; GEANAKOPOLS, John; GOTTARDI, Piero; MINELLI, Enrico; POLEMARCHAKIS, HeraklesDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Economies with asymmetric information are encompassed by an extension of the model of general competitive equilibrium that does not require an explicit modeling of private information. Sellers have discretion over deliveries ...
Title:Markets and Contracts
Author(s):BISIN, Alberto; GEANAKOPOLS, John; GOTTARDI, Piero; MINELLI, Enrico; POLEMARCHAKIS, HeraklesDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Economies with asymmetric information are encompassed by an extension of
the model of general competitive equilibrium that does not require an explicit
modeling of private information. Sellers have discretion over ...