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RAND Journal of Economics articles from June 2002
An academic journal featuring articles on macroeconomics. Focuses on industrial organization, regulation, law and economics. Includes empirical and theoretical papers analyzing market behavior and public policy.
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RAND Journal of Economics archives from June 2002
Structural estimation of the affiliated private value auction model.
June 22, 2002... We consider the structural estimation of the affiliated private value (APV) model in first-price sealed-bid auctions. The model allows for bidders' individual efficiencies and opportunity costs, while permitting dependence among bidders'...
The strategic use of tying to preserve and create market power in evolving industries.
June 22, 2002... This article investigates how the tying of complementary products can be used to preserve and create monopoly positions. We first show how a monopolist of a product in the current period can use tying to preserve its monopoly in the future. We...
Product choice and oligopoly market structure.
June 22, 2002... I propose an empirical model to analyze product differentiation and oligopoly market structure. The model endogenizes firms' product-type decisions, measures how effects of competitors differ depending on their product types, and can...
Social capital, corporate culture, and incentive intensity.
June 22, 2002... We study the design of incentives in a firm in which cooperation among workers is important. Since cooperation is not observed, the firm is unable to reward workers for it. Workers may, nonetheless, cooperate because they derive direct utility...
Litigation and settlement in patent infringement cases.
June 22, 2002... A patent grants its owner the right to sue intruders that have been identified. The patentholder must then supervise the market and react in case of infringement. His reaction may be to go to court, to settle, or to accept entry. We investigate...
Quality-based price discrimination and tax incidence: evidence from gasoline and diesel cars.
June 22, 2002... The existing tax policies toward gasoline and diesel cars in European countries provide a unique opportunity to analyze quality-based price discrimination and the implied tax incidence. In my econometric framework, consumers choose the type of...
Firm financial condition and airline price wars.
June 22, 2002... A firm that knows that cutting price may trigger a price war must weigh present versus future gains and losses when considering such a move. The firm's financial situation can affect how it values such tradeoffs. Using data on 14 major airlines...
Why do manufacturers issue coupons? An empirical analysis of breakfast cereals.
June 22, 2002... We explore the relationship between shelf prices and manufacturers' coupons for 25 ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. We find that shelf prices are lower during periods when coupons are available. This result is inconsistent with static monopoly...
Modest advertising signals strength.
June 22, 2002... We reexamine the role of prices and advertising expenditures as signals of quality. Consumers are either "fastidious" or "indifferent." Fastidious individuals value high quality more and low quality less than do indifferent individuals. Then a...