Contributions to Competition Economics: Introduction

Introduction to Information Economics, Competition, Regulation, Law, and Society Minitrack

This mini-track is informed by the most modern thinking in information economics and competitive strategy, and includes many interdisciplinary applications of IS and technology. The opening session showcases research on broadband Internet services, cable TV adoption, and crosscarriage disputes in digital entertainment. The first paper, “How Can Substitution and Complementarity Effects Be Levera...

Four Contributions to Experimental Economics

Introduction to Telecommunication Economics

The telecommunications sector has become a dynamic key area for the economic development of the European Union (EU) and remains in constant evolution. Because of intense competition, telecommunications companies are forced to diversify their offers and thus to propose an increasing number of services. However, economic analysis often ignores important technical aspects of telecommunications and...

Introduction to financial economics

This introduces the symposium on financial economics. JEL Classification Codes: G01, G02, G11, G12, G18, G21, G23, G28

Introduction to Development Economics

Remark 2 Differences are really huge. For example, in 2000, GDP (or income) per capita in the United States was over $33000.1 In contrast, income per capita is much lower in many other countries: less than $9000 in Mexico, less than $4000 in China, less than $2500 in India, and only about $700 in Nigeria, and much much lower in some other sub-Saharan African countries such as Chad, Ethiopia, an...