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September 1995, Volume 13, Issue 3
- 335-354 Corporate restructuring in a collusive oligopoly
by Verboven, Frank - 355-372 Reciprocal shareholding and takeover deterrence
by Nyberg, Sten - 373-386 Incentive schemes as strategic variables: An application to a mixed duopoly
by Barros, Fatima - 387-410 Imperfections in labor markets and the scope of the firm
by Novos, Ian E.
1995, Volume 13, Issue 2
- 179-193 Flexibility in the face of demand fluctuations: Employment, capacity utilization, and industry structure
by Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 195-211 La Pleiade and exchange rate pass-through
by Baniak, Andrzej & Philips, Louis - 213-227 Asymmetric equilibria in spatial competition
by Tabuchi, Takatoshi & Thisse, Jacques-Francois - 229-248 Spillover effects, cost savings, R&D and the use of brand extensions
by DeGraba, Patrick & Sullivan, Mary W. - 249-276 Inter-industry R&D spillovers: What difference do they make?
by Steurs, Geert - 277-299 Endogenous product design in an infinitely repeated game
by Hackner, Jonas
March 1995, Volume 13, Issue 1
- 1-22 Innovation and cooperation under vertical product differentiation
by Rosenkranz, Stephanie - 23-39 Technological asymmetry and joint product development
by Ray Chaudhuri, Prabal - 41-65 Oligopoly limit pricing: Strategic substitutes, strategic complements
by Martin, Stephen - 67-87 Price competition between two international firms facing tariffs
by Fisher, Eric ON. & Wilson, Charles A. - 89-93 More on Hotelling's stability in competition
by Kats, Amoz - 95-110 Managerial reputation and the competitiveness of an industry
by Senbongi, Shuichi & Harrington, Joseph E. - 111-126 Size, age and firm growth in an infant industry: The computer hardware industry in India
by Das, Sanghamitra - 127-145 Strategic direct investment under unionized oligopoly
by Bughin, Jacques & Vannini, Stefano
December 1994, Volume 12, Issue 4
- 437-456 Market rivalry and learning-by-doing
by Krouse, Clement G. - 457-471 Entry, exit, and performance in airline markets
by Joskow, Andrew S. & Werden, Gregory J. & Johnson, Richard L. - 473-494 Product selection by quantity-setting firms
by al-Nowaihi, Ali & Norman, George - 495-508 Making sense of inefficient intrafirm transactions: A signalling approach
by Choi, Jay Pil - 509-531 Middlemen as guarantors of quality
by Biglaiser, Gary & Friedman, James W. - 533-547 Bias in market R&D portfolios
by Cabral, Luis - 549-568 Entry into a new market a game of timing
by Holden, Steinar & Riis, Christian - 569-593 Markov puppy dogs and related animals
by Lapham, Beverly & Ware, Roger
September 1994, Volume 12, Issue 3
- 297-329 Exclusive dealing in a spatial model of retail competition
by Besanko, David & Perry, Martin K. - 331-357 Spatial price and variety competition in an urban retail market : A nested logit analysis
by de Palma, Andre & Lindsey, Robin & von Hohenbalken, Balder & West, Douglas S. - 359-372 Flexible technology and plant size U.S. manufacturing and metalworking industries
by Carlsson, Bo & Audretsch, David B. & Acs, Zoltan J. - 373-386 Welfare maximisation with endogenous average costs
by Willner, Johan - 387-411 Strategic timing of adoption of new technologies under uncertainty
by Stenbacka, Rune & Tombak, Mihkel M. - 413-435 Inter-firm cooperation with imperfectly appropriable research
by Vonortas, Nicholas S.
June 1994, Volume 12, Issue 2
- 141-154 Disadvantageous semicollusion
by Fershtman, Chaim & Gandal, Neil - 155-177 Collusive pricing in markets for vertically differentiated products
by Hackner, Jonas - 179-196 International trade and investments in a vertically differentiated industry
by Motta, Massimo - 197-209 Discrimination under imperfect competition - a way of earning or wasting money?
by Willner, Johan - 211-225 Conflicting interests in information disclosure and short-term orientation of firms
by Chen, Yongmin - 227-244 A microeconometric analysis of technology transfer : The case of licensing agreements of Japanese firms
by Montalvo, Jose G. & Yafeh, Yishay - 245-267 The genesis of the trusts : Rationalization in empty core markets
by McWilliams, Abagail & Keith, Kristen - 269-289 Network externalities, technological progress, and the competition of market contracts
by Thum, Marcel - 291-292 Discrete choice theory of product differentiation : Simon P. Anderson, Andre de Palma and Jacques-Francois Thisse (The MIT press, Cambridge, 1992) pp. 423
by Myles, Gareth D. - 292-294 The technological specialization of advanced countries : Daniele Archibugi and Mario Pianta (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht and Boston, 1992)
by Antonelli, Christiano - 294-295 Trade union behaviour, pay bargaining and economic performance : R.J. Flanagan, M. Wallerstein and K.O. Moene (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993) pp. vi + 165
by Mumford, Karen
March 1994, Volume 12, Issue 1
- 1-19 Informative advertising and product match
by Meurer, Michael & Stahl, Dale II - 21-33 How to sell a pickup truck : 'Beat-or-pay' advertisements as facilitating devices
by Baye, Michael R. & Kovenock, Dan - 35-51 Accounting for semiconductor industry dynamics
by Dick, Andrew R. - 53-69 Price competition in noncooperative joint ventures
by Gale, Ian - 71-81 Comparative economic performance of conventional and profit-sharing firms
by Fung, K. C. - 83-87 Advertising and pricing to deter or accommodate entry when demand is unknown: Comment
by Albaek, Svend & Overgaard, Per Baltzer - 89-104 Quality incentives in auctions for construction contracts
by von Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas - 105-116 Strategic delegation with endogenous costs : A duopoly with wage bargaining
by Szymanski, Stefan - 117-131 Labour's share, market structure and trade unionism
by Conyon, Martin J. - 133-134 The economics of industrial modernization : Cristiano Antonelli, Pascal Petit and Gabriel Tahar, (Academic Press, London, 1992) pp. 182
by Davies, Stephen W. - 134-135 Privatisation, public ownership and the regulation of natural monopoly : C.D. Foster, (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1992)
by Waterson, Michael - 135-136 A theory of incentives in procurement and regulation : Jean-Jacques Laffont and Jean Tirole, (The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1993) pp. 705
by Ireland, Norman
1993, Volume 11, Issue 4
- 451-474 Two-part pricing for experience goods in the presence of adverse selection
by Hoerger, Thomas J. - 475-497 Bargaining and brinkmanship : Capital structure choice by regulated firms
by Dasgupta, Sudipto & Nanda, Vikram - 499-518 The effect of emission taxes and abatement subsidies on market structure
by Conrad, Klaus & Wang, Jianmin - 519-534 The incentives for cost reduction in a differentiated industry
by Bester, Helmut & Petrakis, Emmanuel - 535-551 The role of information sharing in cooperative research and development
by Combs, K. L. - 553-571 Cooperative R&D with product market competition
by Choi, Jay Pil - 573-591 R&D spillovers and technology transfer among and within vertical keiretsu groups : Evidence from the Japanese electrical machinery industry
by Suzuki, Kazuyuki - 593-594 Entry and market contestability. An international comparison : P.A. Geroski and J. Schwalbach, eds., (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, MA, 1991) pp. 304
by Neumann, Manfred - 594-596 Privatization in Europe: west and east experiences : Ferdinando Targetti, ed., Dartmouth, Aldershot, 1992
by Cowling, Keith
September 1993, Volume 11, Issue 3
- 299-326 Strategic market coverage in spatial competition
by Boyer, Marcel & Moreaux, Michel - 327-346 The effect of incomplete information about demand on preemption
by McGahan, A. M. - 347-367 Equilibrium incentives for most-favored customer clauses in an oligopolistic industry
by Besanko, David & Lyon, Thomas P. - 369-389 Open-loop and feedback models of dynamic oligopoly
by Karp, Larry S. & Perloff, Jeffrey M. - 391-405 The role of competition for an X-inefficiently organized firm
by Kamecke, Ulrich - 407-435 Dynamic oligopoly behaviour in the airline industry
by Brander, James A. & Zhang, Anming - 437-447 Externalities and complementarities in telecommunications dynamics
by Antonelli, Cristiano
June 1993, Volume 11, Issue 2
- 155-155 Editorial
by De Bondt, Raymond & Yamawaki, Hideki - 157-183 Internal organization and managerial compensation in oligopoly
by Gal-Or, Esther - 185-203 Profit, entry and changes in concentration
by Rosenbaum, David I. - 205-218 Inferring market power from time-series data : The case of the banking firm
by Hannan, Timothy H. & Liang, J. Nellie - 219-237 Quantity leadership and social inefficiency
by Economides, Nicholas - 239-260 Complementary network externalities and technological adoption
by Church, Jeffrey & Gandal, Neil - 261-282 Cost externalities and corporate diversification
by Deneffe, Daniel - 283-291 Spatial aspects of retail market structure beef pricing revisited
by Claycombe, Richard J. & Mahan, Tamara E. - 293-294 International high-technology competition : Frederic M. Scherer,(Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1992) pp. 196
by Antonelli, Cristiano - 294-296 Microeconomic contributions to strategic management: J. Thepot and R.-A. Thietart, eds.,North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991
by Szymanski, Stefan - 296-297 The economics of information networks: Cristiano Antonelli, ed.,(North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1992)
by Fraser, Clive D.
March 1993, Volume 11, Issue 1
- 1-20 A regulatory bargain for diversified enterprises
by Braeutigam, Ronald R. - 21-34 Variety and size regulation in discrete choice oligopoly
by Anas, Alex & de Palma, Andre & Thisse, Jacques-Francois - 35-48 Regulating innovative activity : The role of a public firm
by Delbono, Flavio & Denicolo, Vincenzo - 49-61 Why firms may prefer not to price discriminate via mixed bundling
by Anderson, Simon P. & Leruth, Luc - 63-72 Capacity precommitment as an entry barrier for price-setting firms
by Allen, Beth - 73-100 Moral hazard with several agents : The gains from cooperation
by Macho-Stadler, Ines & Perez-Castrillo, J. David - 101-122 Entry and type of entrant : Evidence from Portugal
by Mata, Jose - 123-137 Entry and managerial incentives
by Sen, Anindya - 139-146 Strategic spillovers in patent races
by De Fraja, Giovanni - 147-147 Entry, market structure and international trade : H.J.L. KAO, (Garland Publishing, New York and London, 1992)
by Geroski, Paul - 147-150 The state of British enterprise: Growth, innovation and competitive advantage in small and medium sized firms : Small Business Research Centre, University of Cambridge, (Small Business Research Centre, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DE, 1992) p. 87
by Reid, Gavin C.
December 1992, Volume 10, Issue 4
- 517-543 Technology adoption, learning spillovers, and the optimal duration of patent-based monopolies
by David, Paul A. & Olsen, Trond E. - 545-565 Employment growth, incumbents and entrants : Evidence from Germany
by Boeri, Tito & Cramer, Ulrich - 567-593 On the existence of franchise contracts and some of their implications
by Katz, Barbara G. & Joel Owen - 595-609 Collusion in finitely-repeated oligopolies
by Basu, Kaushik - 611-632 Margins, concentration, unions and the business cycle : Theory and evidence for Britain
by Haskel, Jonathan & Martin, Christopher - 633-641 Product differentiation and price collusion
by Jehiel, Philippe - 643-661 Cooperative R&D and vertical product differentiation
by Motta, Massimo - 663-677 Reputations in the adoption of a new technology
by Hendricks, Kenneth - 679-684 Hysteresis and export targeting
by Feinberg, Robert M. - 685-685 Commodity, futures and financial markets : Louis Phlips (Editor), (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1991)
by Cripps, Martin
September 1992, Volume 10, Issue 3
- 329-348 Cross licensing of complementary technologies
by Fershtman, Chaim & Kamien, Morton I. - 349-368 Dynamic patent licensing
by Jensen, Richard - 369-392 The learning curve and competition : A stochastic model of duopolistic rivalry
by Habermeier, Karl K. - 393-411 Mixed pricing in oligopoly with consumer switching costs
by Padilla, A. Jorge - 413-437 The efficiency of advance-purchase discounts in the presence of aggregate demand uncertainty
by Gale, Ian L. & Holmes, Thomas J. - 439-447 Credible spatial preemption through reputation extension
by Choi, Chong Ju & Scarpa, Carlo - 449-472 Vertical product differentiation with entry
by Donnenfeld, Shabtai & Weber, Shlomo - 473-489 Relative performance evaluation of management : The effects on industrial competition and risk sharing
by Fumas, Vicente Salas - 491-510 Price margins and capital adjustment : Canadian mill products and pulp and paper industries
by Bernstein, Jeffrey I. - 511-512 Economic decline in Britain: The shipbuilding industry,: Edward H. Lorenz, 1890-1970 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991) pp. 166
by Crafts, N. F. R. - 512-513 Dynamics, incomplete information and industrial economics: Jean-Jacques Laffont and Michael Moreaux, eds., Translated by Francois Laisney (Blackwell, Oxford, 1991) pp. 241
by Ireland, Norman
June 1992, Volume 10, Issue 2
- 147-170 The corporation and the economist
by Mueller, Dennis C. - 171-191 The licensing of patents under asymmetric information
by Beggs, A. W. - 193-212 Reputational spillovers, innovation, licensing, and entry
by Jensen, Richard - 213-230 Bundling subscription TV channels : A case of natural bundling
by Chae, Suchan - 231-249 How entry threats induce slack
by von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik Morch - 251-271 Multi-product incumbent and a puppy dog entrant : Some simulations for the Norwegian cement market
by Sorgard, Lars - 273-296 On the efficiency of location decisions under discriminatory pricing
by Paz Espinosa, Maria - 297-308 Oligopoly, uncertainty and strategic forward transactions
by Allaz, Blaise - 309-318 Investment and market power
by Worthington, Paula R. - 319-323 Sunk costs and market structure : John Sutton, (MIT Press, London, 1991 pp. xiv + 577)
by Waterson, Michael - 323-324 Innovation and growth in the global economy : Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman, (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991 pp. 359)
by Broadberry, Stephen - 324-326 Integrated Broadband Networks: The public policy issues: Martin C.J. Elton, ed., (Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1991)
by Fraser, Clive - 326-328 Share systems and unemployment: A theoretical analysis: Franco Cugno and Mario Ferrero, (Macmillan, 1991) pp. 139
by Askildsen, Jan Erik
March 1992, Volume 10, Issue 1
- 1-13 Cartel stability and product differentiation
by Ross, Thomas W. - 15-25 Diversification and concentration changes in a liberalised environment : The case of New Zealand manufacturing industries
by Hamilton, R. T. - 27-34 Collusive behavior and partial ownership of rivals
by Malueg, David A. - 35-54 The degree of spillovers and the number of rivals for maximum effective R &D
by De Bondt, Raymond & Slaets, Patrick & Cassiman, Bruno - 55-63 Oligopolies and product durability
by Goering, Gregory E. - 65-79 Durable goods monopoly and maintenance
by Mann, Duncan P. - 81-89 Optimal patent life vs optimal patentability standards
by M.A. La Manna, Manfredi - 91-101 The role of loyalty discounts when consumers are uncertain of the value of repeat purchases
by Bulkley, George - 103-125 Extracting rents with forward contracts
by DeGraba, Patrick & O'Hara, Maureen - 127-135 Stackelberg versus Cournot oligopoly equilibrium
by Anderson, Simon P. & Engers, Maxim - 137-137 C. Pitelis and R. Sugden, eds., The nature of the transnational firm (Routledge, 1991)
by Thompson, Steve - 137-139 B. Burgenmeier and J. Mucchielli, eds., Multinationals and Europe 1992: strategies for the future (Routledge, 1991)
by Thompson, Steve - 139-140 Lawrence White, The S&L Debacle (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991) pp.308
by Vives, Xavier - 141-141 W.S. Comanor, K. George, A. Jacquemin, F. Jenny, E. Katzenbach, J. Ordover and L. Waverman, Competitive policy in Europe and North America: economic is
by Geroski, Paul A.
December 1991, Volume 9, Issue 4
- 477-495 Entry deterrence and dynamic competition : The role of capacity reconsidered
by Benoit, Jean-Pierre & Krishna, Vijay - 497-511 Pricing strategies in supergames with capacity constraints : Some evidence from the U.S. portland cement industry
by Iwand, Thomas & Rosenbaum, David I. - 513-532 The success of mergers in Germany
by Buhner, Rolf - 533-544 Retail featuring as a strategic entry or mobility barrier in manufacturing
by Nelson, Philip B. & Hilke, John C. - 545-556 Staying in business
by Reid, Gavin C. - 557-572 Flexible automation in the U.S. engineering industries
by Taymaz, Erol - 573-583 When is it rational for firms to acquire silent interests in rivals?
by Flath, David - 585-590 Significantly concentrated markets : Theory and evidence for the U.K
by Parker, S. C. - 591-592 The convergence of international and domestic markets : David Audretsch, Leo Sleuwaegen and Hideki Yamawaki, (North-Holland, Amsterdam) pp. 317
by Veugelers, Reinhilde - 592-593 Productivity growth in Japan and the United States : Charles R. Hulten, ed., (Studies in Income and Wealth, Volume 53, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1990, National Bureau of Economic Research) pp. 446
by Matsumoto, Gentaro - 593-595 Efficiency in U.S. manufacturing industries : Richard E. Caves and David R. Barton, (The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990)
by Antonelli, C. - 595-596 Selling public enterprises: A cost/benefit methodology : Leroy Jones, Pankaj Tandon and Ingo Vogelsang, (The MIT Press, 1990)
by Price, Catherine
September 1991, Volume 9, Issue 3
- 323-342 Competition and mergers in airline networks
by Brueckner, Jan K. & Spiller, Pablo T. - 343-364 Optimal franchising in oligopolistic markets with uncertain demand
by Gal-Or, Esther - 365-388 Signaling in an infinitely repeated Cournot game with output restrictions
by Simpson, R. David - 389-395 On strategic cost increases in a duopoly
by Fuess, Scott Jr. & Loewenstein, Mark A. - 397-405 Mergers and investments in cost reduction with private information
by Stenbacka, L. Rune - 407-424 Domestic market power and foreign trade : The case of Sweden
by Stalhammar, Nils-Olov - 425-440 The profitability of Canadian defence contractors
by Pepall, Lynne M. & Shapiro, Daniel M. - 441-452 Monopolistic competition : Equilibrium and optimality
by Corchon, Luis C. - 453-469 The effects of product differentiation on collusive pricing
by Chang, Myong-Hun - 471-473 Scale and scope: The dynamics of industrial capitalism : Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (with the assistance of T. Hikino), (Belknap Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990) pp. 860
by Cowling, Keith - 473-474 Innovation and small firms : Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990) pp. 212
by Geroski, Paul A. - 474-476 Games and information: An introduction to game theory : Eric Rasmusen, (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989)
by Leiniger, Wolfgang
June 1991, Volume 9, Issue 2
- 197-207 Patent races optimal with respect to entry
by Hartwick, John M. - 209-223 The most-favored-nation pricing policy and negotiated prices
by Cooper, Thomas E. & Fries, Timothy L. - 225-238 Multimarket contact among diversified oligopolists
by Scott, John T. - 239-249 An empirical illustration of an alternative approach to measuring the market power and high profits hypothesis
by Andersen, Otto & Rynning, Marjo-Riitta - 251-259 Testing the relationship between the growth of firms and the growth of the economy
by Rondi, Laura & Sembenelli, Alessandro - 261-274 Unions and the capture of economic rents: An investigation using british firm level data
by Machin, S.J. - 275-289 The price of beer: Some evidence from interstate comparisons
by Patton Culbertson, W. & Bradford, David - 291-301 Rationing in restaurants
by Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas von - 303-313 Spatial retail markets
by Claycombe, Richard J. - 316-317 Charles Brown, James Hamilton and James Medoff, Employers Large and Small, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (1990), p. 109
by Geroski, P.A. - 317-318 Robert J. Gordon, The Measurement of Durable Goods Prices, University of Chicago, Cambridge, MA (1990), p. 723
by Myles, Gareth D. - 318-319 Clement G. Krouse, Theory of Industrial Economics, Basil Blackwell, Chicago, U.S.A. (1990), p. 602
by Hviid, Morten
March 1991, Volume 9, Issue 1
- 1-7 Regulatory reform and liberalization: A European perspective
by Encaoua, David - 9-42 Auction design and favoritism
by Laffont, Jean-Jacques & Tirole, Jean - 43-53 Mixed oligopoly with differentiated products
by Cremer, Helmuth & Marchand, Maurice & Thisse, Jacques-Francois - 55-72 Does ownership always matter?
by Estrin, Saul & Perotin, Virginie - 73-108 The theory and measure of cross-subsidies : An application to the telecommunications industry
by Curien, Nicolas - 109-124 Liberalizing European airlines : Cost and factor productivity evidence
by Encaoua, David - 125-140 De-regulating European aviation : The impact of bilateral liberalisation
by Abbott, Kim & Thompson, David - 141-159 Contestability, competition and regulation : The case of liner shipping
by Franck, Bernard & Bunel, Jean-Claude - 161-163 Handbook of industrial organization : Richard Schmalensee and Robert D. Willig, ed., (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989) vol. 2, pp. 1555, $78.50 per volume
by Scherer, F. M. - 163-164 Concentration and price : Leonard W. Weiss, ed., (The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1989)
by Audretsch, David B. - 164-166 Industrial dynamics. Technological, organizational and structural changes in industries and firms : Bo Carlsson, ed., (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1989)
by Antonelli, Cristiano - 166-168 Mergers and merger policy : James Fairburn and John Kay, eds., (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1989) pp. x+356, ISBN 0-19-877285-8, hardback [UK pound]35.00, ISBN 0-19-877284-X, paperback [UK pound]12.95
by Cable, John
December 1990, Volume 8, Issue 4
- 499-518 Strategic financial signalling
by Poitevin, Michel - 519-543 Cheating on collusive agreements
by Slade, Margaret E. - 545-558 Does advertising mislead consumers to buy low-quality products?
by Mizuno, Makoto & Odagiri, Hiroyuki - 559-574 The quality of licensed technology
by Rockett, Katharine - 575-585 Information spillovers, incumbency, and conservatism
by Dranove, David & Tan, Tommy - 587-598 Effects of accounting techniques on the study of market power
by Verma, Kiran - 599-600 The economics of business enterprise : Martin Ricketts, Wheatsheaf Books Ltd., 1987) pp. 306
by Frisch, Armin
September 1990, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 335-351 The snowball effect
by Ghemawat, Pankaj - 353-373 Endogenous switching costs in a duopoly model
by Caminal, Ramon & Matutes, Carmen - 375-384 Dynamics of market concentration in U.S. banking, 1966-1986
by Amel, Dean F. & Liang, J. Nellie - 385-404 Persistence of profits in the long run: A critical extension of some recent findings
by Schohl, Frank