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Mergers, Foreign Competition, and Jobs: Evidence from the U.S. Appliance Industry

Policy choices often entail trade-offs between workers and consumers. I assess how foreign competition changes the consumer welfare and domestic employment effects of a merger. I construct a model accounting for demand responses, endogenous product …

Imperfect Price Information, Market Power, and Tax Pass-Through

Pass-through determines how consumers respond to Pigouvian taxes or unconventional fiscal policy. We investigate the impact of imperfect price information on pass-through of commodity taxes. Our theoretical model predicts that the pass-through rate …

When Does Mandatory Price Disclosure Lower Prices? Evidence from the German Fuel Market

The widespread availability of digital technologies has made mandatory price disclosure policies (MPD) a convenient tool for policymakers to increase price transparency and foster competition. The literature has shown that these can increase or …