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Publikováno v:
Applied Economics. 51(7):722-730
We study the consumer response and tax revenue implications of the early announcement of a durable good tax. In 2015, the Danish government announced a tax hike on electric vehicles several months before its implementation. There was a dramatic surge
Autor:
Marcus Asplund
Publikováno v:
Economica. 85:532-557
Empirical evidence is scarce on whether firms set profit‐maximizing prices, as these typically depend delicately on details of difficult‐to‐observe strategic interactions. To avoid this problem, this paper provides a detailed case study of the
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Industrial Economics. 56:333-346
Recent theoretical work has shown that the incentive to target rival firms' customers with low prices can increase price discrimination, and that the strength of the incentive depends on a firm's market position. Using data on Swedish newspaper subsc
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Economics. 91:141-157
While many studies have documented deviations from the Law of One Price in international settings, evidence is scarce on the extent to which consumers take advantage of price differentials and engage in cross border shopping. We use data from 287 Swe
Autor:
Volker Nocke, Marcus Asplund
Publikováno v:
Review of Economic Studies. 73:295-327
This paper is motivated by the empirical regularity that industries differ greatly in the level of firm turnover and that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of fixed costs and,
Autor:
Marcus Asplund, Volker Nocke
Publikováno v:
The Review of Economic Studies. 73(2):295-327
This paper is motivated by the empirical regularity that industries differ greatly in the level of firm turnover and that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of fixed costs and,
Publikováno v:
Economica. 72:349-359
A firm facing liquidity constraints in a recession may increase its price to exploit locked-in consumers in an attempt to boost short-run profits. We find support for such behaviour for Swedish regional newspapers during a deep recession. Newspapers
Autor:
Marcus Asplund
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Industrial Economics. 48:287-304
To what extent are capital investments sunk costs? This question is addressed by examining the salvage values of discarded metalworking machinery. Even though such assets are expected to be non-specific, many discarded assets are scrapped rather than
Autor:
Marcus Asplund, Rickard Sandin
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Industrial Economics. 47:69-85
Many oligopoly theories predict a positive correlation between market size and the equilibrium number of firms and some also imply that competition is more intense in larger markets. We test these predictions on a sample of driving schools in 250 Swe
Autor:
Marcus Asplund, Richard Friberg
Publikováno v:
Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 104:547-566
This paper examines retail grocery price levels across a large panel of stores in Sweden. We explain price variation across stores by market structure variables to capture differences in competition intensity and a number of store- and region-specifi