Search for dissertations about: "collusion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word collusion.

  2. 1. Mergers, Congestion and Collusion : Essay on Merger Policy

    Author : Carlos Razo Perez; Jonas Hackner; Tore Nilssen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mergers; Collusion; Congestion; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays on merger policy.An Econometric Analysis of the European Commission's Merger DecisionsUsing a sample of 96 mergers notified to the EU Commission and logit regression techniques, this essay analyses the Commission's decision process. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on the Political Economics of China's Development

    Author : Ruixue Jia; Torsten Persson; Gérard Roland; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political incentvies; promotion; collusion; public bads; economic history; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance in Political Selection in ChinaWho becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders and examine how their chance of being promoted depends on performance and connections with top politicians. We find a positive correlation between promotion and growth that is robustly stronger for connected provincial leaders than for unconnected ones. READ MORE

  5. 3. Security and Efficiency Tradeoffs in Multicast Group Key Management

    Author : Claudiu Duma; Nahid Shahmehri; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Key management; Multicast communication; Security-efficiency tradeoffs; Collusion resistance; Push-oriented approaches; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : An ever-increasing number of Internet applications, such as content and software distribution, distance learning, multimedia streaming, teleconferencing, and collaborative workspaces, need efficient and secure multicast communication. However, efficiency and security are competing requirements and balancing them to meet the application needs is still an open issue. READ MORE

  6. 4. Quantitative Studies on Pricing and Consumer Behavior

    Author : Hampus Poppius; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tacit collusion; Pricing; E-commerce; Vertical restraints; Resale price maintenance; Causal machine learning; Generalized random forest; Attention; Natural field experiment; Background music;

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  7. 5. Essays on managerial incentives and product-market competition

    Author : Giancarlo Spagnolo; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained essays primarily concerned with incorporating the objectives of real world top managers, as revealed by the available empirical evidence, in supergame-theoretic analyses of long-term competition between oligopolistic firms. The first essay, "Ownership, Control, and Collusion", considers how the separation between ownership and control affects firms' competitive attitudes when top managers have the preference for smooth profit streams revealed by the evidence on "income smoothing" and when managerial compensation has the low pay-performance sensitivity found in many empirical studies. READ MORE