IO Theory

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Linking Reputations through Umbrella Branding, Quantitative Marketing and Economics (2012)

This paper develops a theory of umbrella branding as a way to link the reputations...

 

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The Value of Recommendations (with Heiner Schumacher) (2012)

We analyze the repeated interaction between a firm, short-lived consumers, and a monitor that sells...

 

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Belief Precision and Effort Incentives in Promotion Contests (with Hannes Ullrich) (2011)

This short paper analyzes contests in which the agent with the highest perceived ability wins...

 

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Buyer Power and Intrabrand Coordination (with Patrick Rey and Thibaud Vergé), Journal of the European Economic Association (2011)

We analyse the competitive effects of various contractual provisions in a situation where rival retailers...

 

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Optimal Collusion under Cost Asmmetry, Economic Theory (2011)

Cost asymmetry is generally thought to hinder collusion because a more efficient firm has both...

 

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Vertical Relations (with Patrick Rey and Thibaud Verge), International Journal of Industrial Oganization (Proceedings of the 2009 EARIE meeting) (2010)

The paper presents recent advances in the analysis of successive oligopolies characterized by interlocking relationships,...

 

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Delivered Pricing and the Impact of Spatial Differentiation on Cartel Stability, International Journal of Industrial Organization (2008)

This paper analyzes the impact of spatial differentiation on the sustainability of collusion on delivered...

 

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Optimal Collusion under Cost Asymmetry (2008)

Cost asymmetry is generally thought to hinder collusion because a more effcient firm has both...

 

Marketing

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Linking Reputations through Umbrella Branding, Quantitative Marketing and Economics (2012)

This paper develops a theory of umbrella branding as a way to link the reputations...

 

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Strategic Demarketing (with Juanjuan Zhang) (2011)

This paper shows that a seller can benefit from "demarketing", a practice that purposely suppresses...

 

Organizational Economics

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Belief Precision and Effort Incentives in Promotion Contests (with Hannes Ullrich) (2011)

This short paper analyzes contests in which the agent with the highest perceived ability wins...

 

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Career Prospects and Effort Incentives: Evidence from Professional Soccer (with Hannes Ullrich) (2011)

This paper provides direct evidence that future career prospects affect current effort incentives. Using data...