Publications

by members of

Economics Network for Competition and Regulation (ENCORE)
Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

(Faculty of Economics and Business, )

Working papers

2009

1. Vivek Ghosal, 2009. "Business Strategy and Firm Reorganization under Changing Market Conditions," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
2. Stefan Bühler & Dennis L. Gärtner, 2009. "Making Sense of Non-Binding Retail-Price Recommendations," Working Papers 0902, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
3. Stefan Bühler & Dennis L. Gärtner, 2009. "Making Sense of Non-Binding Retail-Price Recommendations," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009 2009-02, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Thomas Borek & Stefan Bühler & Armin Schmutzler, 2008. "Analyzing Mergers under Asymmetric Information: A Simple Reduced-Form Approach," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2008 2008-15, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen. [Downloadable!]
2. Stefan Bühler & Anton Burger & Robert Ferstl, 2008. "The Investment Effects of Price Caps under Imperfect Competition: A Note," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2008 2008-17, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 2007. "Small is Beautiful but Size Matters: The Asymmetric Impact of Uncertainty and Sunk Costs on Small and Large Businesses," MPRA Paper 5461, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Ghosal, Vivek, 2007. "Regime Shift in Antitrust," MPRA Paper 5460, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
3. Ghosal, Vivek & Nair-Reichert, Usha, 2007. "Investments in Modernization, Innovation and Gains in Productivity: Evidence from Firms in the Global Paper Industry," MPRA Paper 5459, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
4. Halbersma, R.S. & Mikkers, M.C. & Motchenkova, E., 2007. "Market Structure and Hospital-Insurer bargaining in the Netherlands," Serie Research Memoranda 0004, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics. [Downloadable!]
5. Stefan Buehler & Christian Kaiser & Franz Jaeger, 2007. "On the Geographic and Cultural Determinants of Bankruptcy," Working Papers 0701, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Jun 2007. [Downloadable!]
6. Anette Boom & Stefan Buehler, 2007. "Restructuring Electricity Markets when Demand is Uncertain: Effects on Capacity Investments, Prices and Welfare," CIE Discussion Papers 2007-09, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Industrial Economics. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 2006. "Discovering Cartels: Dynamic Interrelationships between Civil and Criminal Antitrust Investigations," MPRA Paper 5499, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Stefan Buehler & Christian Kaiser & Franz Jaeger, 2005. "Merge or Fail? The Determinants of Mergers and Bankruptcies in Switzerland, 1995-2000," Working Papers 0506, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
2. Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2005. "On The Role of Access Charges Under Network Competition," Working Papers 0501, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
3. Buehler, Stefan & Dewenter, Ralf & Haucap, Justus, 2005. "Mobile Number Portability in Europe," Working Paper 41/2005, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Vivek Ghosal, 2004. "Endemic Volatility Of Firms And Establishments: Are Real Options Effects Important?," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004 4, Royal Economic Society. [Downloadable!]
2. Stefen Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2004. "Downstream Investment In Oligopoly," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004 9, Royal Economic Society. [Downloadable!]
3. Thomas Borek & Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2004. "Mergers under Asymmetric Information – Is there a Lemons Problem?," Working Papers 0408, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
4. Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2004. "Intimidating Competitors – Endogenous Vertical Integration and Downstream Investment in Successive Oligopoly," Working Papers 0409, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Jul 2005. [Downloadable!]
5. Stefan Buehler & Christian Kaiser & Franz Jaeger, 2004. "Competition Policy and Exit Rates: Evidence from Switzerland," Working Papers 0405, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Apr 2005. [Downloadable!]
6. Stefan Buehler & Dennis Gaertner & Daniel Halbheer, 2004. "Deregulating Network Industries: Dealing with Price-Quality Tradeoffs," Working Papers 0402, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Oct 2005. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Vivek Ghosal, 2003. "Impact of Uncertainty and Sunk Costs on Firm Survival and Industry Dynamics," CIG Working Papers SP II 2003-12, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Research Unit: Competition and Innovation (CIG). [Downloadable!]
2. Vivek Ghosal, 2003. "Endemic Volatility of Firms and Establishments: Are Real Options Effects Important?," CIG Working Papers SP II 2003-13, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Research Unit: Competition and Innovation (CIG). [Downloadable!]
3. Vivek Ghosal, 2003. "Firm and Establishment Volatility: The Role of Sunk Costs, Profit Uncertainty and Technological Change," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
4. Stefan Buehler & Justus Haucap, 2003. "Strategic Outsourcing Revisited," Working Papers 0305, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
5. Stefan Buehler & Justus Haucap, 2003. "Mobile Number Portability," Working Papers 0303, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Jul 2003. [Downloadable!]
6. Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2003. "Downstream Investment in Oligopoly," Working Papers 0310, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
7. Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2003. "Asymmetric Vertical Integration," Working Papers 0306, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Nov 2004. [Downloadable!]
8. Benz, Men-Andri & Bühler, Stefan & Schmutzler, Armin, 2003. "Infrastructure Quality in Deregulated Industries: Is there an Underinvestment Problem?," CEPR Discussion Papers 3836, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
9. Borek, Thomas & Bühler, Stefan & Schmutzler, Armin, 2003. "Weddings with Uncertain Prospects - Mergers under Asymmetric Information," CEPR Discussion Papers 3839, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
10. BŸhler, Stefan & Zava Aydemir, 2003. "Estimating Vertical Foreclosure in U.S. Gasoline Supply," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 33, Royal Economic Society. [Downloadable!]
11. Bühler, Stefan & Schmutzler, Armin, 2003. "Who Integrates?," CEPR Discussion Papers 4066, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
12. Haucap, Justus & Buehler, Stefan, 2003. "Strategic Outsourcing Revisited," Working Paper 15/2003, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg. [Downloadable!]
13. Buehler, Stefan & Haucap, Justus, 2003. "Mobile Number Portability," Working Paper 17/2003, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 2002. "Impact of Uncertainty and Sunk Costs on Firm Survival and Industry Dynamics," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2002 86, Royal Economic Society. [Downloadable!]
2. Zava Aydemir & Stefan Buehler, 2002. "Estimating Vertical Foreclosure in U.S. Gasoline Supply," Working Papers 0212, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
3. Thomas Borek & Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2002. "Weddings with Uncertain Prospects – Mergers under Asymmetric Information," Working Papers 0213, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Feb 2004. [Downloadable!]
4. Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler & Men-Andri Benz, 2002. "Infrastructure Quality in Deregulated Industries: Is there an Underinvestment Problem?," Working Papers 0209, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. Ghosal, V., 2001. "The Impact of Uncertainty and Sunk Costs on Firm Dynamics and Industry Structure: Evidence from the U.S. Manufacturing Sector," Papers 01-1, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division.
2. Stefan Buehler, 2001. "How to Regulate Vertical Market Structure in Network Industries," Working Papers 0102, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Ghosal, V., 2000. "Potentail Foreign Competition in U.S. Manufacturing," Papers 00-7, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division.
2. Men-Andri Benz & Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2000. "Quality Provision in Deregulated Industries: The Railtrack Problem," Working Papers 0002, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]
3. Stefan Buehler, 2000. "Is Swiss Telecommunications a Natural Monopoly? An Evaluation of Empirical Evidence," Working Papers 0001, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Stefan Buehler, 1999. "A Further Look at Two-way Network Competition in Telecommunications," Working Papers 9904, University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, revised Apr 2000. [Downloadable!]

1996

1. Vivek Ghosal & Prakash Loungani, 1996. "Firm size and the impact of profit-margin uncertainty on investment: do financing constraints play a role?," International Finance Discussion Papers 557, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]

1995

1. Vivek Ghosal & Prakash Loungani, 1995. "Evidence on nominal wage rigidity from a panel of U.S. manufacturing industries," International Finance Discussion Papers 512, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]
2. Vivek Ghosal & Prakash Loungani, 1995. "Product market competition and the impact of price uncertainty on investment: some evidence from U.S. manufacturing industries," International Finance Discussion Papers 517, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]

1989

1. Ghosal, V., 1989. "Structural Stability And Nonlinearity: Issues In The Concentration Profitability Relationship," Papers 89-4, Florida - College of Business Administration.
2. Ghosal, V., 1989. "Factor Substitutability, Competitiveness And Firms' Input Choices Under Demand Uncertainty," Papers 89-9, Florida - College of Business Administration.

Journal articles

2009

1. Ghosal, Vivek & Nair-Reichert, Usha, 2009. "Investments in modernization, innovation and gains in productivity: Evidence from firms in the global paper industry," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 536-547, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Buehler, Stefan & Schmutzler, Armin, 2008. "Intimidating competitors -- Endogenous vertical integration and downstream investment in successive oligopoly," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 26(1), pages 247-265, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Buehler, Stefan & Kaiser, Christian & Jaeger, Franz, 2006. "Merge or fail? The determinants of mergers and bankruptcies in Switzerland, 1995-2000," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 90(1), pages 88-95, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Stefan Buehler & Dennis Gärtner & Daniel Halbheer, 2006. "Deregulating Network Industries: Dealing with Price-quality Tradeoffs," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 99-115, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Buehler, Stefan & Haucap, Justus, 2006. "Strategic outsourcing revisited," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 61(3), pages 325-338, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Stefan Buehler, 2005. "The Promise and Pitfalls of Restructuring Network Industries," German Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 6(2), pages 205-228, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Stefan Buehler & Christian Kaiser & Franz Jaeger, 2005. "Competition Policy and Exit Rates: Evidence from Switzerland," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 0(1). [Downloadable!]
3. Stefan Buehler & Armin Schmutzler, 2005. "Asymmetric Vertical Integration," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 0(1). [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Stefan Buehler & Justus Haucap, 2004. "Mobile Number Portability," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 4(3), pages 223-238, 09. [Downloadable!]
2. Buehler, Stefan & Schmutzler, Armin & Benz, Men-Andri, 2004. "Infrastructure quality in deregulated industries: is there an underinvestment problem?," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 253-267, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 2002. "Potential foreign competition in US manufacturing," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 20(10), pages 1461-1489, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Ghosal, Vivek & Gallo, Joseph, 2001. "The cyclical behavior of the Department of Justice's antitrust enforcement activity," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 19(1-2), pages 27-54, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 2000. "Product market competition and the industry price-cost markup fluctuations:: role of energy price and monetary changes," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 415-444, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1996

1. Ghosal, Vivek & Loungani, Prakash, 1996. "Product Market Competition and the Impact of Price Uncertainty on Investment: Some Evidence from US Manufacturing Industries," Journal of Industrial Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(2), pages 217-28, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ghosal, Vivek & Loungani, Prakash, 1996. "Evidence on Nominal Wage Rigidity from a Panel of U.S. Manufacturing Industries," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 28(4), pages 650-68, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ghosal, Vivek, 1996. "Does uncertainty influence the number of firms in an industry?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 50(2), pages 229-236, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1995

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 1995. "Input Choices under Price Uncertainty," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(1), pages 142-58, January.

1991

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 1991. "Demand Uncertainty and the Capital-Labor Ratio: Evidence from the U.S. Manufacturing Sector," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 73(1), pages 157-61, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1989

1. Ghosal, Vivek, 1989. "Market structures, price-cost margins, and unionism : An empirical note," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 179-182. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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