Browsing by Author "Wiggins, Steven N."
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Sengupta, Anirban; Wiggins, Steven N. (American Economic Journal - Economic Policy, 2014)
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Jeong, Eui Kyo (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This study argues that a firm's product location choice may be a function of the firm's way of splitting the product market (i.e., divisionalization) and the concern for product cannibalization at the division and the firm ...
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Mizzi, Philip J. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The purpose of the dissertation is to develop a general model of an exhaustible natural resource industry dominated by a single firm which is confronted with potential entry and expansion from a group of smaller firms. The ...
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Ji, Fan (2012-07-16)We examine the determinants and drivers of 112 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities exceed 50 million values in the pharmaceutical industry using COMPUSTAT, SDC and FDA data during the period 1980-2010 with random ...
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Martin, Thomas A., IV (2010-01-14)A recent pursuit of the auction design literature has been the development of an auction mechanism which performs well in a multi-good setting, when the goods are not substitutes. This work began in earnest with the Federal ...
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Callan, Scott James (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The objective of this dissertation is to examine the productivity growth of the steam generated fossil-fueled electric utility industry during the 1951 - 1978 period. This dissertation presents three alternative measures ...
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Zang, Hailing (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This dissertation uses recently developed empirical methodologies for the study of multi-unit auctions to test the impacts of Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) on the competitiveness of restructured electricity markets. ...
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Cancho Diez, Cesar (2012-10-19)This dissertation contains two essays on the analysis of market imperfections. In the first essay, I empirically test whether in a three-level hierarchy with asymmetries of information, more competition among intermediaries ...
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Karaca, Zeynal (2009-06-02)The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has been remarkably successful in developing new treatments for many of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. These new treatments and their high prices lead government and private ...
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Hackett, Steven Curtis (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)The essays that together make up this dissertation investigate the circumstances in which long term contracts and vertically integrated firm allocation are chosen to govern economic relationships. The analysis in the first ...
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Alwaked, Ahmad Abdelrahman Fahed (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)This study estimates the demand for domestic air travel services in the United States in order to calculate the fare and expenditure elasticities of demand. We segmented the market according to number of operating airlines, ...
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Teboh, Jacob F. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)A representative subset of previous econometric studies of demand, supply and market price determination for U.S. wheat and other selected crops was reviewed and assessed from the perspective of endogenizing farm program ...
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Tasic, Ivan (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)The usual theoretical assumption that the retailer's promotional activities serve the purpose of attracting customers into stores lacks empirical verification. The relationship between promotional activity and customer ...
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Libecap, Gary D.; Wiggins, Steven N. (Journal of Political Economy, 1985)
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Hernandez Garcia, Manuel A. (2010-10-12)This dissertation investigates the effect of market concentration on nonlinear pricing strategies in the airline industry. The study develops a theoretical nonlinear pricing model with both discrete product and consumer ...
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Ayuk, Elias Takor (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)The three-year pilot program initiated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 1981 led to trading in options on agricultural futures on a number of commodities starting in late 1984 and early 1985. This ...
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Montgomery, John Milton (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)Structure of the U.S. peanut industry and history of domestic peanut policies are described. Intermediate product category (edible or crush), final product use location (U.S. or abroad), and, for crushed nuts, location of ...