Abstract The relative importance of key state-level outcomes upon U.S. national corn and soybean production was examined using correlated component regression , a recently developed technique for application to multicollinear sparse data sets. Standardized coefficients were used rank the states’ importance. A Herfindahl-Hirschman Index measure degree concentration among top ranked states. empir...

We investigate mergers in markets where quality differences between products are central and firms may reposition their product lines by adding or removing of different qualities following a merger. Such materially from those studied the existing literature. Mergers without synergies exhibit product-mix effect which raises consumer surplus, but only when pre-merger industry structure satisfies ...

The land-use mix index is a way to quantify the mixture of patterns. Due practical limitations, few studies have highlighted validity indices. This paper aims explore potential characteristics indices using three-step screening method. data precision was concluded after first-step screening. A total 10 virtual blocks and 217 in Melbourne city center served as case study reflected various struct...

Market concentration ratios are popular statistics for characterizing the extent of market dominance in an imperfectly competitive market, but these ratios may not agree when comparing two markets. Neither do they necessarily agree with the Herfindahl-Hirschman or entropy indices. This letter compares two Cournot oligopoly markets in which firms have constant unit costs. It is shown that the ma...

Economists have long used state-collected discharge data to construct Hirschman-Herfindahl (HH) indices measuring hospital competition. Since data are collected to determine the facility providing the service rather than ownership, the difference between the number of reporting facilities and the number of competitors has grown over time due to mergers and networking activities. Consequently, t...

In this paper we investigate the factors contributing to the fall in the Lerner Index (price-cost margin) in the British electricity market during the 90s. A first stage of our analysis models the number of breaks in the Lerner Index and their dating as unknowns. Our results suggest the existence of one structural break in the time series of the Lerner Index. The break point interval includes t...

extended abstract introduction hospitals are the most important and complex social units which are intended to protect the lives of people and to treat and improve them. with the passage of time and progress in science, hospitals have been equipped with more advanced technology and facilities. more active beds in hospitals are indications of specialized manpower, equipment and facilities for th...

This paper analyses the impact of political competition on economic performance in Indonesia. study uses a database covering 427 districts Indonesia, from 2000 to 2013. Political is measured using Herfindahl Hirschman Concentration Index for district parliament election. variable potentially endogenous, because likely be non-random and correlated with unobservable variables. To solve this probl...

Existing literature argues that political competition and electoral participation influence government efficiency. However, empirical evidence on the matter for developing countries is scant mixed. This paper contributes to by exploring impact of fiscal performance 1,098 Colombian municipalities during four periods (2000-2015). Using a fixed effect panel data model, we find significant positive...