Essays in industrial organisation
This thesis contains three chapters, each developing a theory and providing evidence on a unique and novel determinant of firms’ outcomes in the emerging and developed economies of 21st century. The first chapter examines how sponsored advertisements in digital markets affect product market concentr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/688365 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/688365 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Industrial organisation 33 |
| Sumario: | This thesis contains three chapters, each developing a theory and providing evidence on a unique and novel determinant of firms’ outcomes in the emerging and developed economies of 21st century. The first chapter examines how sponsored advertisements in digital markets affect product market concentration, through their effects on firms’ pricing and consumer behaviour. It develops a theory of the online advertising market, and provides evidence from a large digital platform in the US. The second chapter examines the role of ethnic networks in determining product demand,and subsequently firms’ outcomes and aggregate productivity of the economy. It develops a theory of caste-based consumer-firmlinkages in product demand, and provides evidence from rural India. The third chapter examines how firms and interest groups handle their reputation through lobbying. It develops a theory of how reputation affects the extent of lobbying on policymakers, and provides evidence from foreign lobbying in the US. |
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