October 23, 2012
SOEs and competition policy in China
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wei Tan (Renmin University) discusses SOEs and competition policy in China. ABSTRACT: Since China’s Anti-Monopoly Laws (“AML”) bill passed in 2008, competition policy in China...
October 22, 2012
Price Stickiness in Customer Markets with Reference Prices
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Vincent (HEC Montreal) describes Price Stickiness in Customer Markets with Reference Prices. ABSTRACT: Price rigidity is often modeled by assuming that firms face a...
October 18, 2012
Social Shopping App Flit Launches For Free on iPad
Social shopping site Flit has launched a free app based on comparison shopping for iPad users. According to Venture Beat, Flit’s target demographic is tablet-touting women who want to save...
October 18, 2012
myShopanion Adds “InstaBuy” Feature For In-App Purchasing
Comparison shopping app myShopanion has added an “InstaBuy” feature with its latest upgrade allowing consumers to make purchases while using their app. Consumers can use the app to...
October 18, 2012
Tweeters Chirp About Mobile Payments Commentary
Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday. @rshevlin: The mobile payments space is like the bar scene...
October 18, 2012
20121018-Tis The Season To Use Mobile
Planning on relying on electronic and mobile commerce to do the bulk of your shopping this holiday season? A new MarketLive survey says you’re not alone. We examine how mobile...
October 17, 2012
Postal Services Continue To Expand Contactless Offer In Europe
Poste Italiane – the Italian postal service has announced that it will be introducing contactless payments to its stores in Milan in December 2012. The shops in Milan will be...
October 04, 2012
LIBOR Manipulation?
Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz (Global Economics Group, LLC; New York University – Leonard N. Stern School of Business – Department of Economics), Michael Kraten (Department of Accountancy at Providence College),...
October 03, 2012
Are Anticompetitive Innovation Mergers Privately Profitable? An Exploratory Analysis
Michael Cragg (The Brattle Group), Daniel Gaynor (The Brattle Group) and John David Simpson (The Brattle Group) ask Are Anticompetitive Innovation Mergers Privately Profitable? An Exploratory Analysis. ABSTRACT: A significant...