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Autor:
Ouyang Yaofu, Helmut Bester
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Industrial Organization. 61:96-129
This paper analyzes the optimal contract for a consumer to procure a credence good from an expert when (i) the expert might misrepresent his private information about the consumer’s need, (ii) the expert might not choose the requested service since
Autor:
Daniel Krähmer, Helmut Bester
Publikováno v:
The RAND Journal of Economics. 48:309-334
We show that in a bilateral relation with conflicting preferences and transferable utility it is unambiguously optimal to assign the authority over project decisions to the privately informed rather than the uninformed party. This holds irrespective
Autor:
Juri Demuth, Helmut Bester
Publikováno v:
Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. 15:135-154
This paper considers price competition in a duopoly with quality uncertainty. The established firm (the `incumbent') offers a quality that is publicly known; the other firm (the `entrant') offers a new good whose quality is not known by some consumer
Publikováno v:
Labour Economics. 19:923-930
This paper studies the innovation dynamics of an oligopolistic industry. The firms compete not only in the output market but also by engaging in productivity enhancing innovations to reduce labor costs. Rent sharing may generate productivity dependen
Autor:
Helmut Bester
Publikováno v:
Theorie der Industrieökonomik ISBN: 9783662481400
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48141-7_1
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48141-7_1
Autor:
Helmut Bester
Publikováno v:
Theorie der Industrieökonomik ISBN: 9783662481400
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48141-7_4
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48141-7_4
Autor:
Helmut Bester, Karl Wärneryd
Publikováno v:
Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 108:231-249
We consider social contracts for resolving conflicts between two agents who are uncertain about each other's fighting potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation, and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids a lo
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Industrial Organization. 22:83-100
This paper studies the intertemporal problem of a monopolistic firm that engages in productivity enhancing innovations to reduce labor costs. The optimal innovation policy is not monotone and the rate of productivity growth is the highest when the fi
Autor:
Helmut Bester, Emmanuel Petrakis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Economic Theory. 109:52-69
We describe the evolution of productivity growth in a competitive industry with free entry and exit. The exogenous wage rate determines the firms’ engagement in labor productivity enhancing process innovation. There is a unique steady state of the
Autor:
Matthias Dahm, Helmut Bester
We study contracting between a consumer and an expert. The expert can invest in diagnosis to obtain a noisy signal about whether a low–cost service is sufficient or whether a high–cost treatment is required to solve the consumer’
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https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129814
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129814