MARKET STRUCTURE AND PRICE-COST MARGINS IN MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Market Structure and Price Adjustment in the Iranian Tea Market

On the relationship between international outsourcing and price-cost margins in European industries

This paper sets up a model, where multinationals compete in quantities and domestic firms form a competitive fringe. Within this framework, we analyse the relationship between market concentration, international outsourcing and the industry price-cost margin. The empirical results of a panel of 66 industries and the EU12 countries in the 1990s strongly confirm our theoretical hypotheses. Market...

The Source Of Cost Advantage In Selected INDIAN Manufacturing Industries

Learning Curve and Industry Structure: Evidences from Iranian Manufacturing Industries

he empirical studies have shown that cost advantages can occur due to economies of scale and economies of learning. However, a few studies have attempted to distinguish between these two effects on reducing costs. This paper is the first attempt on recognizing the impact of learning on reducing the cost with distinguishing the effect of economies of scale in Iran. Therefore, this study aims to ...

market structure and price adjustment in the iranian tea market