Mixed oligopoly and privatization economics examine the intricate dynamics between public and private firms that co‐exist in the same market. In these markets, a state‐owned enterprise and privately ...

Currently, some of the most notable oligopolies in the U.S. are in film and television production, recorded music, wireless carriers, and airlines.

We consider a mixed duopoly selling to downstream retailers that are engaged in spatial price discrimination. We show that the optimal degree of privatization falls below—often far below—the level ...

In a brutal and devastating way, the Covid-19 pandemic is revealing the many stark and deep inequalities at the heart of our corporate capitalist political economic system. In the United States, for ...

Caves, R. E., and M. E. Porter. "Market Structure, Oligopoly and the Stability of Market Shares." Journal of Industrial Economics 26, no. 4 (June 1978): 289–313.

This paper examines data on the institutional backgrounds of editors and authors of the top 30 economics journals, identified by their 1995 citation impact. It is revealed, for example, that 70.8% of ...

ON JANUARY 7TH nine of America’s largest brokers and banks said they planned to launch a new equities exchange, dubbed the Members Exchange (MEMX). Though it has yet to gain approval from the ...

Andrew Spence is a veteran financial services executive and the author of Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks, published by Sutherland House. Canada has one of the most uncompetitive banking systems ...