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The effects of franchising on stores, competitors, and consumers 特许经营对商店、竞争对手和消费者的影响

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2024.103055

Jeff Ackermann

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Missing data and the effects of market deregulation: Evidence from Chinese coal power 缺失数据与放松市场管制的影响：中国煤电的证据

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2024.103054

Tom Eisenberg

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Bridging the digital divide in the US 缩小美国的数字鸿沟

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2024.103053

Augusto Espín, Christian Rojas

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Innovation incentives in technical standards 技术标准中的创新激励措施

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2024.103046

Gastón Llanes

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The behavioral additionality of government research grants 政府研究补助金的行为额外性9

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.103045

Rainer Widmann

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Demand forecasting, signal precision, and collusion with hidden actions 需求预测、信号精确度以及与隐藏行动的勾结

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.103036

Simon Martin , Alexander Rasch

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Do patents enable disclosure? Evidence from the invention secrecy act 专利是否有助于信息公开？来自《发明保密法》的证据

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.103044

Gaétan de Rassenfosse , Gabriele Pellegrino , Emilio Raiteri

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Nonlinear pricing in multidimensional context: An empirical analysis of energy consumption 多维环境下的非线性定价:能源消费的实证分析

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.103034

Xintong Han , Zimin Liu , Tong Wang

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Wind power expansion and regional allocative efficiency among fossil-fuel electricity generators 风电扩张与化石燃料发电机组的区域配置效率

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.103035

Yin Chu , Juanxia Gao , Haoyang Li

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Identification of interdependent values in sequential first-price auctions 确定顺序第一价格拍卖中相互依赖的价值

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International Journal of Industrial Organization Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2023.103033

Daniel Bougt , Gagan Ghosh , Heng Liu

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