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Gaming the Giants: How Startups Shape Innovation to Spark Acquisition Wars
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tse:wpaper:131684&r=&r=com
Published: April 20, 2026 00:00
We study a startup’s choice of its “direction of innovation, ” how well the technology fits alternative acquirers, and the effects on acquisition outcomes and market dominance. Two horizontally differentiated firms bid to acquire the innovation and then…
Seller-Side Tying of Platform Services
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tse:wpaper:131671&r=&r=com
Published: April 9, 2026 00:00
This paper analyzes seller-side tying on digital platforms, where access to a core intermediation service is conditioned on sellers using an ancillary service (e.g., fulfillment or payments). We model a monopoly platform matching consumers and competing…
The impact of price ceiling regulation: evidence from the retail gasoline market
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp2169&r=&r=com
Published: April 2, 2026 00:00
We examine the short-run impact of price ceilings on retail gasoline prices in isolated oligopolistic markets, uniquely observing for which stations the regulation was binding and for which it was not. Leveraging daily pricing data and a…
Pharmaceutical Advertising in Dynamic Equilibrium
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tse:wpaper:131652&r=&r=com
Published: March 30, 2026 00:00
Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs may expand treatment access but also risks promoting overuse and business stealing without generating welfare gains. Among developed nations, only the United States and New Zealand permit DTCA,…
Carbon regulation and competition in the European airline industry
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:azt:cemmap:04/26&r=&r=com
Published: March 30, 2026 00:00
The European Union Emissions Trading System is set to substantially increase the effective carbon price faced by airlines. To quantify the impact of this carbon regulation on the European airline industry, we estimate a two-stage model of airline…
Orbital congestion and satellite broadband competition: oligopoly, innovation, and second-best regulation
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:137755&r=&r=com
Published: March 24, 2026 00:00
Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems are becoming an increasingly important component of global communications infrastructure, providing broadband access, enterprise connectivity, and direct-to-device services in competition with terrestrial networks.…
Microeconomic foundations for the biased interaction game
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:qge3k_v1&r=&r=com
Published: March 14, 2026 00:00
The theory of microeconomics is revisited to gain insight into the underlying mechanics of sub-optimal systems in general. It challenges the prevailing view that efficient markets naturally arise from free competition and instead reformulates the market to…
Dynamic Adverse Selection with Flow Limited Liability: A Closed-Form Approach to Price Regulation
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:feemwp:396239&r=&r=com
Published: March 6, 2026 00:00
This paper studies a continuous-time regulatory problem in which a firm holds persistent private information about demand and is subject to a flow limited-liability constraint. The regulator regulates prices through a dynamic mechanism that ensures…