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Endogenous Asset Ownership Structures in Deregulated Markets

Reprint No. 2006:7

Author(s): Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars PerssonYear: 2006 Title: European Economic Review Volume (No.): 50 (7) Pages: 1729–1752

This paper determines the equilibrium ownership structure in an emerging market deregulated by a joint privatization and investment liberalization. It is shown that bidding competition in the privatization stage is not sufficient for reaching an efficient equilibrium market structure. Competition in the ensuing entry stage is also required. Otherwise, one firm can induce another to take the role of the weak firm in the subsequent product market competition, by making concessions in the bidding in the privatization auction. It is also shown that Employment Guarantees may ‘‘help’’ the buyer of the privatized firm ‘‘abstain’’ from investing and thus create a less competitive market structure.

Reference:
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2006), "Endogenous Asset Ownership Structures in Deregulated Markets". European Economic Review 50(7), 1729–1752.

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Global index of the sharing economy

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Andreas Bergh, IFN and Lund University, is one of the authors of this book. The Timbro Sharing Economy Index is the first global index of the sharing economy. The index has been compiled using traffic volume data and scraped data, and provides a unique insight into the driving factors behind the peer-to-peer economy.

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