Essays about: "markups"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word markups.
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1. Market Performance in the Nordic Electricity Market: An Analysis of Market Power during Energy Market Turbulence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This paper analyzes the existence of market power on the Nordic electricity market between 2018-2022, and if the energy market turbulence caused by covid-19, and later deepened following the war in Ukraine affected producers' bidding behavior. Market power was tested using Cournot assumptions to see if producers withheld output strategically when demand was more inelastic. READ MORE
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2. Car Dealership Markups
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The scope of this analysis is to evaluate what may affect the percentage markup on new and used cars sold by dealerships across the United States. The essay will also take into account shocks to market demand and supply as relevant factors that may affect markup. READ MORE
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3. Market Power in the Food Industry: The Swedish Egg Supply Chain
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : There is an ongoing discussion about the potential increase of market power in the food industry. This study investigates the evolution of market power in the egg supply chain between egg producers and egg packers, using firm-level data from 2001-2019. READ MORE
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4. Markups in the Chinese Economy - And the difference between State-Owned Enterprises and Private Publicly Listed Firms
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The paper examines the markup levels in the Chinese economy to estimate the level of competition present in the economy and the differences between publicly listed firms and the state-owned enterprises. The markups are estimated with a similar framework to that of the production method, utilizing firms’ financial statements. READ MORE
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5. Intangible Inputs and Swedish Research Productivity
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In this paper, we set out to explore research productivity in Sweden and the role of intangible inputs in production. We examine the primitives of an already existing model using financial account data from Swedish firms to evaluate its applicability in the context of Swedish research productivity. READ MORE