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Simone M. Sepe

vol. 101, n. 4, 2017, pp. 1377–1455

K.J. Martijn Cremers, Saura Masconale, and Simone M. Sepe

vol. 94, n. 2, 2017

Stephen F. Hamilton, and Vincent Réquillart

vol. 26, n. 12, December 2017, pp. 1637–1643

There has been surprisingly little research to date on the supply-side role of food manufacturers on equilibrium health outcomes for consumers. In this letter we consider an oligopoly model in which food processors choose the health composition of manufactured food. We show that price competition...

Laurent Miclo

vol. 26, n. 6, 2017, pp. 417–435

Tiziana Assenza, A. Brock, and C.H. Hommes

Western Economic Association International, vol. 55, n. 1, 2017, pp. 542–564

We introduce a simple equilibrium model of a market for loans, where households lend to firms based on heterogeneous expectations about their loan default probability. Agents select endogenously among heterogeneous expectation rules, based upon their relative performance. Due to strong...

Laurent Miclo

vol. 53, n. 2, 2017, pp. 957–996

Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Bennett Shaywitz, John Holahan, Karen Marchione, Reissa Michaels, Sally Shaywitz, and James K. Hammitt

vol. 8, n. 1, 2017, pp. 24–48

While much is known about dyslexia in school-age children and adolescents, less is known about its effects on quality of life in adults. Using data from the Connecticut Longitudinal Study we provide the first estimates of the monetary value of improving reading, speaking, and cognitive skills to...

Stéphane Caprice

vol. 12, n. 3, 2017, pp. 480–513

This article examines (i) how retailers position private label products, (ii) why private labels are sold in some product categories but not in others, and why some national brand products may have difficulty in accessing retailers' shelves, (iii) why some private label products are positioned as "...

Estelle Malavolti, and Frédéric Marty

vol. 25, 2017, pp. 30–40

A lot of cases had arouse in the past decade about agreements between regional airports and low-cost carriers. These agreements are challenged on the basis of the State Aids European control as they rise concerns not only about competition distortions between airlines but also about fiscal...

Laurent Fresard, Ulrich Hege, and Gordon Phillips

vol. 30, n. 5, 2017, pp. 1539–1582

We investigate the role of industry specialization in horizontal cross-border merg- ers and acquisitions. We find that acquirers from more specialized industries in a country are more likely to buy foreign targets in countries that are less specialized in these same industries. The role of industry...