Whelan, Ciara(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)
There is a long history of mapping market structure into market power in economic analysis. This paper addresses the validity of this principle for both homogenous and differentiated products industries. While mapping ...
Thresholds defined on the level and change in the HHI (Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index) applied to market shares seem to be the main instrument to select notified mergers for investigation in both the EU and
US. We question ...
Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2002-09-25)
I review previous approaches to modelling oligopoly in general equilibrium, and propose
a new view which in principle overcomes their deficiencies: modelling firms as large in their
own market but small in the economy ...
Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-10)
I review previous approaches to modelling oligopoly in general equilibrium, and propose
a new view which in principle overcomes their deficiencies: modelling firms as large in their own market but small in the economy as ...
We introduce the concept of cooperative substitutes and complements, and use it to throw light on the conditions for a research joint venture to choose equal levels of R&D by all member firms. We show that the second-order ...