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Investment under Demand Uncertainty, Ex-Ante Pricing, and Oligopoly (1998)
Journal Article
Driver, C., & Goffinet, F. (1998). Investment under Demand Uncertainty, Ex-Ante Pricing, and Oligopoly. Review of Industrial Organization, 13(4), 409-423. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007747212208

This paper considers the capacity choice of duopolists who set price ex-ante under demand uncertainty with risk-neutrality. The duopolists compete for market shares on the basis of availability of supply, rather than by price competition. Collusive p... Read More about Investment under Demand Uncertainty, Ex-Ante Pricing, and Oligopoly.

Linking Technological, Market and Financial Indicators Of Innovation (1996)
Journal Article
Tidd, J., Driver, C., & Saunders, P. (1996). Linking Technological, Market and Financial Indicators Of Innovation. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 4(3), 155-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599600000006

This paper describes the results of a feasibility study to develop a national Innovation Scoreboard to measure and track the innovative performance of companies in the UK. It begins with a review of potential technological, market and financial indic... Read More about Linking Technological, Market and Financial Indicators Of Innovation.

Large Company Capital Formation and Effects of Market Share Turbulence : Micro-data Evidence from the PIMS Database (1996)
Journal Article
Driver, C., Yip, P., & Dakhil, N. (1996). Large Company Capital Formation and Effects of Market Share Turbulence : Micro-data Evidence from the PIMS Database. Applied Economics, 28(6), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1080/000368496328380

The possible effect of demand uncertainty on company investment decisions is investigated at the micro level. A standard investment function is employed and modified to incorporate demand uncertainty. The data comes from the PIMS data base on busines... Read More about Large Company Capital Formation and Effects of Market Share Turbulence : Micro-data Evidence from the PIMS Database.

Stagnation as a Problem of Transition: Arguments and Proposals (1996)
Journal Article
Driver, C. (1996). Stagnation as a Problem of Transition: Arguments and Proposals. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 20(5), 553-564. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.cje.a013634

Policy response to mass unemployment in advanced capitalist economies almost never concerns itself with the evolution of the problem and is preoccupied with pricing people back into work. This paper adopts the Régulation/Long Wave perspective: growth... Read More about Stagnation as a Problem of Transition: Arguments and Proposals.

Structural Change in the UK 1974–84: an Input–Output Analysis (1994)
Journal Article
Driver, C. (1994). Structural Change in the UK 1974–84: an Input–Output Analysis. Applied Economics, 26(2), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036849400000070

This paper studies structural change in the UK based on three comparable input–output tables. Structural change is measured by changes in intermediate input flows. These may represent either changes is demand or technical and organizational change. T... Read More about Structural Change in the UK 1974–84: an Input–Output Analysis.

What is to be done about private services? (1993)
Journal Article
Driver, C. (1993). What is to be done about private services?. Public Money & Management, 13(3), 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540969309387775

This article considers the case for public intervention to overcome market failure in the private services sector. It contrasts the performance of consumer services and producer services in the UK over the past couple of decades and considers possibl... Read More about What is to be done about private services?.

Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results (1993)
Journal Article
Driver, C., Lambert, P., & Vial, S. (1993). Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results. Bulletin of Economic Research, 45(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.1993.tb00556.x

This paper concerns the case of a monopolist facing multiplicative uncertainty in demand. Karlin and Carr (1962), henceforth KC, show that, when price and production are both chosen ex ante, the uncertainty price exceeds the certainty price. They als... Read More about Risky Production with Ex-Ante Prices Under Monopoly Analytical and Simulation Results.