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Let's lock them in: Collusion under consumer switching costs

Niklas Fourberg suggests Let's lock them in: Collusion under consumer switching costs. ABSTRACT: Consumer switching costs cause the market demand of consumers who already bought a supplier's product to be less elastic while they simultaneously increase competition for new consumers…. … Continue reading

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Broker Protocol — Legal Pitfalls for Brokers/Advisors Switching Firms Post-Protocol

Morgan Stanley, UBS and Citigroup recently left the Protocol for Broker Recruiting (“Protocol”), which established procedures allowing advisors to switch firms and bring their clients with them. The Protocol helped protect such advisors from legal liability to their old firm for soliciting clients and … Continue reading

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PSR decision on proposals to improve switching of Facilities Management providers

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published Policy Statement 17/3: Direct Debit Facilities Management: Switching Providers: Our decision on changes to the Direct Debit rules relating to the switching of Facilities Management providers (PS17/3). In PS17/3 the PSR sets out … Continue reading

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SEC Likely to Delay until 1Q 2012 Registration of Hedge Fund and Private Equity Fund Advisers, and Mid-Size Advisers Switching to State Regulation

An SEC senior official indicated that, while the Commission will issue final rules under Dodd-Frank mandating hedge fund and private equity fund registration in advance of July 21, the SEC will consider extending the date by which these advisers must … Continue reading

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Consumer demand for variety: intertemporal effects of consumption, product switching and pricing policies

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ricardo Ribeiro (LSE) has posted Consumer demand for variety: intertemporal effects of consumption, product switching and pricing policies. ABSTRACT: The concept of diminishing marginal utility is a cornerstone of economic theory. The consumption of a… … Continue reading

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