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Entry Threats and Inefficiency in `Efficient Bargaining' (2015)
Journal Article
Pal, R., & Saha, B. (2016). Entry Threats and Inefficiency in `Efficient Bargaining'. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 63(3), 258-277. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12091

We study limit pricing in a model of entry with asymmetric information, where the incumbent firm's wage is endogenously determined through ‘efficient bargaining’ with its union. In the presence of entry threat, the incumbent firm-union pair may face... Read More about Entry Threats and Inefficiency in `Efficient Bargaining'.

Privatization, underpricing and welfare in the presence of foreign competition (2015)
Journal Article
Ghosh, A., Mitra, M., & Saha, B. (2015). Privatization, underpricing and welfare in the presence of foreign competition. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 17(3), 433-460. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12095

We analyze privatization in a differentiated oligopoly setting with a domestic public firm and foreign profit-maximizing firms. In particular, we examine pricing below marginal cost by public firm, the optimal degree of privatization and, the relatio... Read More about Privatization, underpricing and welfare in the presence of foreign competition.

From rigidity to flexibility (2015)
Book Chapter
Saha, B. (2015). From rigidity to flexibility. In K. Ramaswamy (Ed.), Labour, employment and economic growth in India (221-238). Cambridge University Press

Pollution Tax, Partial Privatization and Environment (2015)
Journal Article
Pal, R., & Saha, B. (2015). Pollution Tax, Partial Privatization and Environment. Resource and Energy Economics, 40, 19-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.01.004

Considering a differentiated mixed duopoly we show that when privatization and pollution tax are used together environmental damage will be non-monotone in the level of privatization, and optimal privatization is always partial privatization. Whether... Read More about Pollution Tax, Partial Privatization and Environment.