This study estimates the welfare effects of cigarette advertising using the framework
posited by Becker and Murphy (1993). This model exposes previously unaccounted
benefits of cigarette advertising and allows for conv ...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the possibility of political influence
upon the Department of Justice merger decisions within the brewing industry.
Political preference was measured by the congressional ratings ...
This dissertation addresses three topics on information economics. Generally,
information is not perfect or costless as classical economics assumes. Thus, a consumer
searches information at his cost or a seller provide ...
This dissertation investigates the effect of endogenous and exogenous events on firm behavior and performance. These are fundamental questions in economics. The contribution of this study is threefold. First, it provides ...
The purpose of this thesis is to provide an estimate of sunk costs in the U.S.
brewing industry and analyze the relationships among sunk costs, advertising, and
concentration. The estimation procedures involves three s ...
This study provides the model that first synthesizes strategic group
theory with the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO) approach in
the international trade analysis, and uses the annual group data (1953-1988) ...
This paper presents a model of the determination of excise tax rates by studying the
substantial variation in the state excise taxes in the U.S. brewing industry. Two
approaches are used. First, assuming that the gover ...
