John E Kwoka
Biographic Data
| ID | 705497 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John E Kwoka |
| GIVEN NAMES | John E |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwoka |
| SIGNATURE | KWOKA J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2052-4958 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The New Industrial Organization and Small Business
The Sales and Competitive Effects of Styling and Advertising Practices in the U.S. Auto Industry
This paper utilizes a detailed data set on most U.S. car models over a twenty-two-year period to determine the impact of advertising and product styling. It finds that, while advertising and style change each increases a model's sales, advertising is short-lived but styling has a much longer impact. Rivals' styling reduces own-model sales to the point that the overall market effect is self-canceling. Rivals' advertising, by contrast, does not gre…
Implementing Price Caps in Telecommunications
Over the past few years, price caps have replaced rate-of-return regulation in many sectors of telecommunications. This article focuses on the key implementation issues raised in the Federal Communications Commission's formulation of price cap plans for AT&T and the local telephone exchange carriers. Specifically, it discusses company cost changes over time and the formulas employed to track costs; the multiplicity of prices and the structure of …
Cooperation v. Rivalry
Fl'C Bureau of Economics working papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment All data contained in them are in the public domain. This includes information obtained by the Commission which has become part of public record. The analyses and conclusions set forth are those of the authors and do not n~essarily ref1~t the views of other members of the Bureau of Economics, other Commission staff, or the Com…
The Effect of Market Share Distribution on Industry Performance
Magical mystery tour
The Effect of Market Share Distribution on Industry Performance
A central proposition of industrial organization is that the size distribution of sellers is an important determinant of an industry's profitability. Numerous studies have explored -and generally confirmed-such a relationship, but virtually all have been subject to a serious and binding constraint. The lack of individual market share data has forced use of the simple sum of the four (or eight) largest shares, i.e., the concentration ratio, as the…
Cooperation v. Rivalry
Fl'C Bureau of Economics working papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment All data contained in them are in the public domain. This includes information obtained by the Commission which has become part of public record. The analyses and conclusions set forth are those of the authors and do not n~essarily ref1~t the views of other members of the Bureau of Economics, other Commission staff, or the Com…
Magical mystery tour
The Effect of Market Share Distribution on Industry Performance
A central proposition of industrial organization is that the size distribution of sellers is an important determinant of an industry's profitability. Numerous studies have explored -and generally confirmed-such a relationship, but virtually all have been subject to a serious and binding constraint. The lack of individual market share data has forced use of the simple sum of the four (or eight) largest shares, i.e., the concentration ratio, as the…
The Effect of Market Share Distribution on Industry Performance
Magical mystery tour
Cooperation v. Rivalry
Fl'C Bureau of Economics working papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment All data contained in them are in the public domain. This includes information obtained by the Commission which has become part of public record. The analyses and conclusions set forth are those of the authors and do not n~essarily ref1~t the views of other members of the Bureau of Economics, other Commission staff, or the Com…
The Sales and Competitive Effects of Styling and Advertising Practices in the U.S. Auto Industry
This paper utilizes a detailed data set on most U.S. car models over a twenty-two-year period to determine the impact of advertising and product styling. It finds that, while advertising and style change each increases a model's sales, advertising is short-lived but styling has a much longer impact. Rivals' styling reduces own-model sales to the point that the overall market effect is self-canceling. Rivals' advertising, by contrast, does not gre…
Implementing Price Caps in Telecommunications
Over the past few years, price caps have replaced rate-of-return regulation in many sectors of telecommunications. This article focuses on the key implementation issues raised in the Federal Communications Commission's formulation of price cap plans for AT&T and the local telephone exchange carriers. Specifically, it discusses company cost changes over time and the formulas employed to track costs; the multiplicity of prices and the structure of …
The New Industrial Organization and Small Business
Business (6 works) · Merger and Competition Analysis (5 works) · Industrial organization (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (2 works) · Distribution (mathematics) (2 works)