Efficient Competition with Small Numbers - with Applications to Privatisation and Mergers
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- Kala Krishna & Torben Tranaes, 1999. "Efficient Competition With Small Numbers -- With Applications to Privatisation and Mergers," NBER Working Papers 6952, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
supply function competition; multi unit auctions; efficiency; deregulation of electricity generation; privatisation; mergers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
- L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
- C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
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