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On the economics of the "meeting competition defense" under the Robinson-Patman Act
Aguirre Pérez, Iñaki
(Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2015-02-19)
In this paper we analyze the welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination when competitive pressure varies across markets. In particular, we study the economic aspects of the Robinson-Patman Act associated with the ... -
On the strategic equivalence of multiple-choice test scoring rules
Espinosa Alejos, María Paz; Gardeazabal, Javier (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-12)
A disadvantage of multiple-choice tests is that students have incentives to guess. To discourage guessing, it is common to use scoring rules that either penalize wrong answers or reward omissions. These scoring rules are ... -
Optimal Correction for Guessing in Multiple-Choice Tests
Espinosa Alejos, María Paz; Gardeazabal, Javier (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2007-12)
Building on Item Response Theory we introduce students’ optimal behavior in multiple-choice tests. Our simulations indicate that the optimal penalty is relatively high, because although correction for guessing discriminates ... -
Optimal Environmental Taxation When Goods and Contamination are Durable
Sagasta Elorza, Amagoia (1999-11)
[EN] This paper analyzes the effects of optimal taxation on a polluting monopolist who produces a durable good and cannot precommit to future sale prices. The government establishes the taxes that maximize social welfare, ... -
Product Differentiation with Consumer Arbitrage
Aguirre Pérez, Iñaki; Espinosa Alejos, María Paz (2003-03)
We analyze the consequences of consumers behavior concerning personal arbitrage in a spatial discrimination context where firms know the consumers distribution but cannot distinguish them by location. The firms' equilibrium ... -
Proficiency, Attitude and Conventions in Minority Languages
Laruelle, Annick; Navarro Prada, Noemí; Escobedo Martínez, Ramón (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2015-10)
In this paper we study a simple mathematical model of a bilingual community in which all agents are f luent in the majority language but only a fraction of the population has some degree of pro ficiency in the minority ... -
Quaternary dichotomous voting rules
Laruelle, Annick; Valenciano Llovera, Federico (2010-01)
In this paper we provide a general model of "quaternary" dichotomous voting rules (QVRs), namely, voting rules for making collective dichotomous decisions (to accept or reject a proposal), based on vote profiles in which ... -
Rationing Rules and Stable Coalition Structures
Gallo Fernández, Oihane; Iñarra García, María Elena (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2016-10-05)
We consider a coalition formation model in which agents have the possibility of forming part of several coalitions but are limited to participate in only one of them. Coalitions of agents produce outputs to be distributed ... -
Reform of Spain's profesional services market: Implementation of the EU Services Directive
Ciarreta Antuñano, Aitor; Espinosa Alejos, María Paz ; Zurimendi Isla, Aitor (FUNCAS, 2014-07)
The implementation of the European Commission Services Directive initiated the modernization process of services markets within the European Union. The objective was to guarantee the creation of a single market by ensuring ... -
Relocation and Investment in R&D by Firms
; Garzón San Felipe, María Begoña (2011)
The literature on foreign direct investment has analyzed firms’ location decisions when they invest in R&D to reduce production costs. Such firms may set up new plants in other developed countries while maintaining their ... -
Resale in Auctions with Financial Constraints
De Frutos, María Ángeles; Espinosa Alejos, María Paz (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2012)
This paper analyzes auctions where bidders face nancial constraints that may force them to resell part of the property of the good (or subcontract part of a project) at a resale market. First we show that the ine¢ cient ... -
Roaming in the Mobile Internet: when coverage sharing agreements call for regulation
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2003-06)We examine competition in Mobile Internet services, when operators bargain over the coverage sharing and their reciprocal roaming charge. Results show that in equilibrium operators cover the overall territory entirely and ... -
Royalty Licensing
San Martín Lizarralde, Marta; Saracho de la Torre, Ana Isabel (2009-09)
A patent provides its holder the monopolist´s right to sell licenses that allow the use of new technology. Empirically, most of the patent licensing agreements that are observed include royalties, in particular per unit ... -
Should Owners of Firms Delegate Long-run Decisions?
; Casado Izaga, Francisco Javier (1999-11)
This paper analyzes whether owners of firms have incentives to delegate their long-run decisions to managers or not. The result arising from our analysis shows that owners do have incentives to keep their long-run decisions ... -
Social Interactions and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Latin America
Ateca Amestoy, Victoria María; Cortés Aguilar, Alexandra; Moro-Egido, Ana I. (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2011-11)
In this paper, we seek to examine the effect of comparisons and social capital on subjective well-being. Furthermore, we test if, through social influence and exposure, social capital is either an enhancer or appeaser of ... -
The Economics of "Why is it so hard to save a threatened Language?"
Sperlich, Stefan; Uriarte Ayo, José Ramón (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2014-02)
We study the language choice behavior of bilingual speakers in modern societies, such as the Basque Country, Ireland andWales. These countries have two o cial languages:A, spoken by all, and B, spoken by a minority. We ... -
The impact of liberalizing cost-saharing on basic models of network formation
Olaizola Ortega, María Norma; Valenciano Llovera, Federico (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2015-09-12)
This paper studies the impact of "liberalizing " the cost-sharing of links on some basic models of network formation. This is done in a setting where both doubly supported and singly supported links are possible, and which ... -
The role of personal involvement and responsibility in dictatorial allocations: A classroom experiment
Brañas Garza, Pablo; Durán, Miguel A.; Espinosa Alejos, María Paz (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-08)
This paper explores the motivations behind giving. Specifically, it focuses on personal involvement and responsibility to explain why decision makers give positive amounts in dictatorial decisons. The experiment is designed ... -
To disqualify or not to qualify: This is the other question
Rodríguez Alcantud, José Carlos; Laruelle, Annick (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2016-10-10)
In this paper we study ternary trichotomous rules, that allows for three levels of input, positive, neutral and negative and three levels of output, positive, undetermined and negative. We illustrate the interest of such ... -
Transboundary Externalities in the Environmental Transition Hypothesis
Ansuategui Cobo, José Alberto; Perrings, Charles (1999-01)
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) is a hypothesis which implies that it is possible to "grow out of environmental degradation." Most theoretical models of the EKC relation have not accounted for transboundary and ...