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      <title>Can Liberalization Affect the Price of Gas Imports? A Theoretical Analysis of the EU Case</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95320</link>
      <description>Title: Can Liberalization Affect the Price of Gas Imports? A Theoretical Analysis of the EU Case
Authors: Cavaliere, Alberto; De Michelis, Stefano
Abstract: Common wisdom about the effects of gas market liberalization in the EU claims that the fragmentation of gas supply in the downstream market can raise the price of gas imports, as the bargaining power of European firms in the upstream market would be weakened. We consider such a claim from the point of view of economic theory, by analysing the effects of downstream competition on the upstream price of gas. Though our analysis is limited by the assumption of a single gas producer upstream, we can show that the price of gas imports either is not affected by oligopolistic competition in the downstream market or it is even reduced in case of free entry and fierce competiton. In this last case the incumbent is damaged by economic losses, that can explain his attempt to prevent competition by introducing vertical restraints in the supply chain. Furthermore we show that, in this last case, the introduction of pro-competive constraits on the market share of the incumbent may damage consumers, as it raises prices in the retail market.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Expectational Bottlenecks and the Emerging of New Organizational Forms</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95317</link>
      <description>Title: Expectational Bottlenecks and the Emerging of New Organizational Forms
Authors: Rampa, Giorgio; Bogliacino, Francesco
Abstract: In this article we discuss the dynamics of organizational change when agents have heterogeneous initial conjectures and do learn. In this framework, conjectural equilibrium is defined as a steady state of the learning process, and all the adjustment occurs in disequilibrium. We discuss the properties of the system under different rationality assumptions, and using well-known learning algorithms. We prove analytically that multiplicity of equilibria, and failure of good organizational routines, cannot be ruled out: better, they are fairly probable. Stability is a crucial matter: it is shown to depend on initial conjectures. Finally, learning does not necessarily select the best.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bayesian Analysis of Graphical Models of Marginal Independence for Three Way Contingency Tables</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95304</link>
      <description>Title: Bayesian Analysis of Graphical Models of Marginal Independence for Three Way Contingency Tables
Authors: Tarantola, Claudia; Ntzoufras, Ioannis
Abstract: This paper deals with the Bayesian analysis of graphical models of marginal independence for three way contingency tables. Each marginal independence model corresponds to a particular factorization of the cell probabilities and a conjugate analysis based on Dirichlet prior can be performed. We illustrate a comprehensive Bayesian analysis of such models, involving suitable choices of prior parameters, estimation, model determination, as well as the allied computational issues. The posterior distributions of the marginal log-linear parameters is indirectly obtained using simple Monte Carlo schemes. The methodology is illustrated using two real data sets.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Assessing Gender Inequality among Italian Regions: The Italian Gender Gap Index</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95285</link>
      <description>Title: Assessing Gender Inequality among Italian Regions: The Italian Gender Gap Index
Authors: Bozzano, Monica
Abstract: This paper aims at exploring and evaluating the geographic distribution of gender inequality across Italian regions. The aim of the analysis is two-fold. First we build a composite indicator of gender inequality at the regional level for Italy by applying the methodology developed by the World Economic Forum for the Global Gender Gap Index. Second, we compute the Italian Gender Gap Index for each region in order to measure the within-country heterogeneity that characterizes Italy. We complete the analysis by presenting the correlation between the Italian Gender Gap Index and relevant socio-economic variables.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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