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Cost-saving production technologies and partial ownership

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  • Juan Carlos Barcena-Ruiz

    (Universidad del Pais Vasco)

  • Norma Olaizola

    (Universidad del Pais Vasco)

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This work analyzes the incentives to acquire cost-saving production technologies when cross-participation exists at ownership level. We show that cross-participation reduces the incentives to adopt the cost-saving production technology.

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  • Juan Carlos Barcena-Ruiz & Norma Olaizola, 2007. "Cost-saving production technologies and partial ownership," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 15(6), pages 1-8.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-07o30001
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    2. Luciano Fanti, 2014. "Welfare effects of cross-ownership in a unionised duopoly," ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2014(2), pages 21-41.
    3. Luciano Fanti, 2011. "Cross-participated firms and welfare," Discussion Papers 2011/127, Dipartimento di Economia e Management (DEM), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
    4. Fanti, Luciano & Buccella, Domenico, 2016. "Passive unilateral cross-ownership and strategic trade policy," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 10, pages 1-22.
    5. Bárcena-Ruiz, Juan Carlos & Olaizola, Norma, 2008. "Choice of flexible production technologies under strategic delegation," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 395-414, August.
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    7. Luciano Fanti & Domenico Buccella, 2021. "Strategic trade policy with interlocking cross-ownership," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 134(2), pages 147-174, October.
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    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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