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Dynamic issues in applied microeconomics: market performance, market structure and advertising competition

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Iwasaki, Natsuko

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This dissertation addresses issues of oligopoly markets where advertising plays a prominent role. The first study empirically investigates the effect of advertising regulations on equilibrium consumption of an addictive commodity using U.S. cigarette industry data. The results of the first study show that the advertising regulations reduced cigarette consumption by...

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Dissertation

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equally effective tax policy, as Keeler et al. (1993) and Evans and Farrelly (1998) suggest, that has
Congressional influence on Department of Justice merger decisions : a case study

Creator:

Goodwin, Diana K.

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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 of a liberal political action committee, The Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), thus giving a liberalness score. Regressions...

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Masters Thesis

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prefer more litigation in order to gain higher salaries, advance in position, and "build capital" for
How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

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Hackenbruck, Satenik

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Many economists believe that the slowdown of the productivity growth rates in the U.S. economy in early 1970's was a consequence of the increased level of environmental regulations. The main reason presented in support of this argument is that increased environmental regulations impose an additional burden to the firms, thus...

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Masters Thesis

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environmental legislation with the new General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection to it