Search for dissertations about: "economics oligopoly"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words economics oligopoly.

  2. 1. Market power in the Swedish banking oligopoly : a game-theoretic model of competition applied to the five big Swedish banks 1989-97

    Author : Gabriel C Oxenstierna; Peter Englund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at assessing the degree of competition among the five dominating Swedish banks during the period 1989-1997. In so doing, it also aims to develop a general oligopoly model with the specific purpose of providing a tool for an improved methodology for the evaluation of market power in oligopolistic markets, and to demonstrate the empirical application of this methodology. READ MORE

  4. 2. Heterogeneity in oligopoly : theories and tests

    Author : Rickard Sandin; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of five separate chapters, of which the three first three are empirical and the last two are theoretical. Chapter 1: Competition in Interrelated Markets: An Empirical Study. (Co-authored with Marcus Asplund.)This chapter studies competition in small, concentrated and interrelated markets. READ MORE

  5. 3. Empirical Studies on Merger Policy and Collusive Behaviour

    Author : Maria Jakobsson; Jonas Häckner; Robert H. Porter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four studies focusing on empirical issues in industrial organization.Bid Rigging in Swedish Procurement Auctions: Using a unique data set of procurement auctions carried out by the Swedish National Road Administration, this paper addresses the issue of bid rigging in the Swedish asphalt-paving sector. READ MORE

  6. 4. Asset ownership in imperfectly competitive markets

    Author : Lars Persson; Dan Kovenock; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : My dissertation consists of a collection of essays on assets ownership in concentrated markets.The first chapter, Endogenous Mergers in Concentrated Markets, predicts the pattern of mergers in situations where different mergers are feasible. The merger literature almost exclusively considers mergers between exogenously specified firms. READ MORE

  7. 5. Empirical studies of pricing

    Author : Niklas Strand; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays and is focused on evaluating, and to a lesser degree, extending, theories on monopoly and oligopoly pricing. The data in all of the essays originates from the Swedish daily newspaper markets. READ MORE