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A note on bargaining power and managerial delegation in multimarket oligopolies
Ciarreta Antuñano, Aitor
; García Enríquez, Javier ; (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2012-11)
In a two-stage delegation game model with Nash bargaining between a manager and an owner, an equivalence result is found between this game and Fershtman and Judd's strategic delegation game (Fershtman and Judd, 1987). ... -
A Simple Model of Anticompetitive Vertical Integration
(2003-01)The result of neutrality of vertical integration for competition postulated by the Chicago School can be supported by a benchmark model with (1) an upstream monopolist, (2) homogeneous goods downstream and (3) observable ... -
A Supply Function Competition Model for the Spanish Wholesale Electricity Market
Ciarreta Antuñano, Aitor; Espinosa Alejos, María Paz (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-10)
We model the Spanish wholesale market as a multiplant linear supply function competition model. According to the theory, the larger generators should have supply curves for each plant which are to the left of the supply ... -
Ad valorem housing subsidies may reduce house building
Usategui Díaz de Otalora, José María (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2008-03)
In this paper it is shown that an ad valorem housing subsidy set by a central regulator (or a raise in the ad valorem housing subsidy rate) may reduce the number of houses built in the market and increase the price paid ... -
An austerity-driven energy reform
Espinosa Alejos, María Paz (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2013-12)
In July 2013, the government approved a major overhaul of the Spanish electricity sector to correct existing imbalances that have led to an exponential increase of regulated electricity costs and a huge tariff deficit. The ... -
El análisis del entorno político y legal en el marco de la planificación estratégica en el sector turístico y hotelero
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2011)[ES] Las empresas turísticas se encuentran inmersas en un entorno cambiante, caracterizado por los avances tecnológicos, al aumento de la competencia global y a las consecuencias derivadas de la crisis económica mundial. ... -
Análisis estratégico de la industria de la construcción en España
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2011)[ES] El sector de la construcción tiene, en España, una notable importancia, por su aportación al PIB (del entorno del 10%) y al empleo (en torno al 10%) y porque aglutina un amplio tejido empresarial. El deterioro de la ... -
Aplicando netnografía a la obtención del mapa de posicionamiento para empresas de distribución alimentaria
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU), 2014-05)[ES] Las comunidades online se han convertido en un lugar de encuentro muy popular para los consumidores que les permite compartir información. En este artículo se presenta una técnica de información novedosa como la ... -
La arqueología comercial en España: ¿un sistema sectorial de innovación?
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2012)[ES] La publicación de la Ley de Patrimonio Histórico Español en 1985 y el desarrollo de la construcción, especialmente de grandes infraestructuras, en la primera década del siglo XXI han sido los factores desencadenantes ... -
Capacidades tecnológicas y certificaciones de calidad: Aplicación empírica a las pymes familiares de La Rioja
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2004)[ES] El concepto de calidad ha surgido con mucha fuerza en los últimos años. Las pymes familiares riojanas, al igual que el resto de empresas, se han visto obligadas a implicarse en esta cultura de excelencia empresarial, ... -
Choice of Flexible Production Technologies Under Strategic Delegation
; Olaizola Ortega, María Norma (2004-09)
This work analyzes a managerial delegation model in which firms can choose between a flexible production technology which allows them to produce two different products and a dedicated production technology which limits ... -
Choice of Product Variety for the Durable Goods Monopolist
Casado Izaga, Francisco Javier; (1999-01)
This paper analyzes the strategic choice of variety by a monopolist seller of a durable good as a means to mitigate his commitment problem. The monopolist chooses his product variety with a goal of ensuring that a strong ... -
"Las claves del éxito de Toyota". LEAN, más que un conjunto de herramientas y técnicas
(Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2009)[ES] Cuando se habla de LEAN, inmediatamente se piensa en Toyota y en su continuo éxito. De ahí que hayan sido muchas las empresas que han intentado seguir su modelo: el TPS (Sistema de Producción Toyota) o el modelo LEAN, ... -
Commitment Power in a Non-Stationary Durable-Good Market
Usategui Díaz de Otalora, José María (2001-05)
This paper derives and evaluates the decisions of a durable good monopolist in a context where demand for the services of the durable good changes over time. It shows that, if the size of the market decreases over time, ... -
Competition, regulation, and pricing behavior in the Spanish retail gasoline market
(2006)The restructuring of the Spanish oil industry produced a highly concentrated oligopoly in the retail gasoline market. In June 1990 the Spanish government introduced a system of ceiling price regulation in order to ensure ... -
Competitive Pressure and Job Interview Lying: A Game Theoretical Analysis
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2012)We consider a job contest in which candidates go through interviews (cheap talk) and are subject to reference checks. We show how competitive pressure - increasing the ratio of "good" to "bad" type candi- dates - can ... -
Computing abuse related damages in the case of new entry: An illustration for the Directory Enquiry Services market
Martínez Granado, María Teresa; (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2006-07)
A number of European countries, among which the UK and Spain, have opened up their Directory Enquiry Services (DQs, or 118AB) market to competition. We analyse the Spanish case, where both local and foreign firms challenged ... -
Comunicaciones integradas feriales o como planificar con éxito una feria industrial
(Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales, 2004)En este artículo se explica que la feria es una herramienta comercial utilizada habitualmente en el área de Marketing Industrial y que, a pesar de las ventajas que ofrece, recibe diversas críticas. Los frenos a su utilización ... -
Cost-Saving production technologies and strategic delegation
; Olaizola Ortega, María Norma (2004-02)
This work analyzes a managerial delegation model in which firms that produce a differentiated good can choose between two production technologies: a low marginal cost technology and a high marginal cost technology. For ... -
Countervailing incentives in adverse selection models. A synthesis
Aguirre Pérez, Iñaki; Beitia Ruiz de Mendarozqueta, María Aranzazu (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2014-12)
In this paper we propose a simple method of characterizing countervailing incentives in adverse selection problems. The key element in our characterization consists of analyzing properties of the full information problem. ...