Report NEP-COM-2026-08-10

This is the archive for NEP-COM, a report on new working papers in the area of Industrial Competition. Russell Pittman issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Nocke, Volker & Schutz, Nicolas, 2025, "Concentration Indices, Welfare Distortions, and Misallocation in Oligopoly," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20019, Mar.
• Bontemps, Christian & Gualdani, Cristina & Remmy, Kevin, 2025, "Price Competition and Endogenous Product Choice in Networks: Evidence from the US Airline Industry," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20144, Apr.
• Decarolis, Francesco & Pellegrinetti, Tommaso & Rovigatti, Gabriele & Rovigatti, Michele & Shakhgildyan, Ksenia, 2025, "Algorithmic Competition and Informational Advantage in Digital Markets: Evidence from Search Auctions," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19983, Feb.
• Schmutzler, Armin, 2025, "When Hotelling meets Shaked and Sutton: A Unified Linear Model of Product Differentiation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20171, Apr.
• Willem Boshoff, 2026, "Industrial-policy objectives in South African competition policy," ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa, number 360, Jul.
• Liu, Ernest & Ma, Song & Veldkamp, Laura, 2025, "Data Sales and Data Dilution," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20120, Apr.
• Victor Aguirregabiria & Alessandro Iaria & Senay Sokullu, 2026, "Identification and Estimation of Demand Models with Endogenous Product Entry and Exit," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK, number 26/844, 01.
• Jokelainen, Antto & Markkanen, Jaakko & Leppälä, Samuli & Siikanen, Markku & Sipiläinen, Matti & Toivanen, Otto, 2025, "Free Entry and Social Inefficiency in Regulated Pharmacy Markets," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20095, Apr.
• Yuan Deng & Yilin Li & Wei Tang & Hanrui Zhang, 2026, "The Limits of Price Discrimination with a Bayesian Seller," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.12615, Jul.
• Doerr, Sebastian & Fuster, Andreas, 2025, "Affordable Housing, Unaffordable Credit? Concentration and High-Cost Lending for Manufactured Homes," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20015, Mar.
• Gödl-Hanisch, Isabel & Pandolfo, Jordan, 2025, "Monetary Policy Transmission, Bank Market Power, and Income Source," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20180, Apr.
• Olmstead-Rumsey, Jane & Puglisi, Federico & Wu, Liangjie, 2025, "Merger Policy for Platforms: A Growth Theory Perspective," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20156, Apr.
• Schmutzler, Armin, 2025, "Providing Innovation Incentives for the Green Transition," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20170, Apr.
• Walid Faris & Mr. Etibar Jafarov & Umang Rawat, 2026, "Competition and Productivity in Middle East and Central Asia: What Role Do Tariffs Play?," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2026/143, Jul.
• Camarda, Enrico & Fleitas, Sebastian, 2025, "Patient Choice, Payment Systems and Multidimensional Quality," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20283, May.
• Impullitti, Giammario & Rendahl, Pontus, 2025, "Market Power, Growth, and Wealth Inequality," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19911, Feb.
• Nicolas Eschenbaum, 2026, "Shared Bidding Algorithms and Competition: Evidence from Electricity Markets," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.13002, Jul, revised Aug 2026.
• Abebe, Girum & Caria, Stefano & Dupas, Pascaline & Fafchamps, Marcel & Getahun, Tigabu, 2025, "Competition and Management Upgrading: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20306, May.
• Ge, Houtian & Gomez, Miguel & Jablonski, Rebecca & Nie, Xiaodong, 2026, "Bid Behavior and Policy Design in Public Food Procurement," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 404368, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404368.
• Bergemann, Dirk & Bonatti, Alessandro & Wu, Nick, 2025, "Bidding with Budgets: Data-Driven Bid Algorithms in Digital Advertising," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20263, May.
• Chengcheng Wang & Zexin Ye, 2026, "Strategic Information Disclosure in Algorithmic Pricing," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.04345, Jul.
• David Imhof & Thierry Madi`es & Martin Huber, 2026, "Swimming in Dark Water: When Cartels Mimic Competition," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2606.30470, Jun.
• Bergemann, Dirk & Bonatti, Alessandro & Smolin, Alex, 2025, "The Economics of Large Language Models: Token Allocation, Fine-Tuning and Optimal Pricing," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20226, May.
• Tian, Yixin & Shanoyan, Aleksan, 2026, "Market Concentration, Supply Chain Resilience, and Producer Welfare: Lessons from The U.S. Ethanol Processing Industry," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 404321, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404321.
• David B. Huffman & Lamar Pierce & Alex Rees-Jones & Germán J. Reyes, 2026, "Competition and Anomalies Redux: Evidence from U.S. Auto Dealers," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35454, Jul.
• Kim, Y. & Mayer, S. & Wang, T. & Yannelis, C., 2026, "More Competition, Better Buyouts? When Private Equity Sponsors Compete for Deals," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, number 2664, Jul.
• Vourazeris, Kelsey & Richards, Timothy & Schmitz, Troy, 2026, "Environmental and Economic Drivers of Greenhouse Tomato Competition in U.S. Markets," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 404366, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404366.
• Enache, Andreea & Rhodes, Andrew, 2025, "Platform Disintermediation with Repeated Transactions," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20298, May.
• Ervi Kosta, 2026, "Bank Financial Performance and Stability in the Western Balkans: Do Income Diversification and Market Concentration Matter?," Working Papers IES, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, number 2026/20, Jul, revised Jul 2026.
• Gambacorta, Leonardo & Shreeti, Vatsala, 2025, "The AI Supply Chain," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20143, Apr.
• Berardi, Nicoletta & Ravenna, Federico & Samano, Mario, 2025, "Everyday Regular Prices in a Multi-Product Retailer," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19921, Feb.
• Lindenlaub, Ilse & Oh, Ryungha & Peters, Michael, 2025, "Spatial Firm Sorting and Local Monopsony Power," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19958, Feb.
• Laveesh Bhandari & Prashant Narang & Aryan Pandey, 2026, "Reassessment after the Finance Act 2021: From "Reason to Believe" to jurisdictional gates," Working Papers, Trustbridge Rule of Law Foundation, number 21, Aug.
• Civel, Edouard & Creti, Anna & Fack, Gabrielle & Herrera-Araujo, Daniel, 2025, "Certification, Manipulation and Competition: Evidence from Energy Performance Certificates," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19992, Mar.
• Juan De Dios Tena, 2025, "How League Structure Shapes Behaviour: Evidence from Regulatory Changes in Mexico and South Korea," Working Papers, University of Liverpool, Department of Economics, number 202506, Oct.
• Jarkko Harju & Ida Kankaanranta & Kaisa Kotakorpi, 2026, "Taxi Market Deregulation: Effects on Market Outcomes, Tax Evasion and Crime," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12819.
• Natasha Aggarwal & Amol Kulkarni & Shruti Aji Murali & Bhavin Patel & Vishnu Suresh, 2026, "The CCI's allocation of scarce resources in Section 26(2) matters," Working Papers, Trustbridge Rule of Law Foundation, number 20, Aug.