Commercial health insurers pay much higher prices for health care services than public
insurance programs like Medicare or Medicaid. 1 Commercial insurers pay around twice …

This paper develops a model to study the macroeconomic implications of supply chain
disruptions with three key ingredients:(i) a firm-level network of customized supplier …

Abstract ENGLISH SUMMARY: Vertically related markets and vertical mergers are complex
systems that comprise a number of distinct features. The modelling of such complex systems …

This dissertation comprises three chapters on topics in applied microeconomics. The first
chapter documents a novel vertical market contract dataset and several stylized facts …

A vertical merger model represents a complex system built on (i) a network of eg, upstream
manufacturers and downstream retailers (ii) who bargain bilaterally in the presence of …

Abstract ENGLISH SUMMARY: A global trend of increasing retail concentration and a
heightened concern about buyer power demand more sophisticated and flexible merger …