Wood market cartel in Finland 1997–2004: Analyzing price effects using the indicator approach

Market Structure and Price Adjustment in the Iranian Tea Market

The Law of One Price and the Cointegration of Meat Price in The Global Market: The Case of Iran’s Market

In view of the importance of the meat imports and the exports of meat in Iran, this study focuses on the status of the global market of meat imports the unit price test in these markets between the years 1961 and 2011 using the market cointegration approach. The results of this study are indicative of prices co-integration in the international market of meat as well as among such major importer...

Price Relationships and Spillover Effects of Price Volatilities in Iran's Rice Market

Rice plays an especial role in Iranian households' nutrition basket. The volatilities of its price during recent years caused consumers' dissatisfaction. This paper investigates spillover effects of price volatilities (at the wholesale and retail levels) in the Guilan Province rice market. The Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Hetroscedasitic (GARCH) model was used for the monthly time per...

The Impact of the Corporate Leniency Program on Cartel Formation and the Cartel Price Path∗

Previous research exploring the effect of corporate leniency programs has modelled the oligopoly stage game as a Prisoners’ Dilemma. Using numerical analysis, we consider the Bertrand price game and allow the probability of detection and penalties to be sensitive to firms’ prices. Consistent with earlier results, a maximal leniency program necessarily makes collusion more difficult. However, we...

Analyzing Hospital Bed Productivity Using an Innovative Indicator

Background and Aim: Hospital bed productivity is crucial for efficient management. In this study, the capacity of hospital beds in Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan was evaluated using an innovative indicator. Methods: The present study was performed by a descriptive method in 2018. Using the statistical data of Al-Zahra Hospital, field survey, review of the official license of the hospital and putt...