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Nicolas Schmitt
Researcher at Simon Fraser University
Publications - 80
Citations - 1685
Nicolas Schmitt is an academic researcher from Simon Fraser University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Free trade & Trade barrier. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 78 publications receiving 1646 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicolas Schmitt include Center for Economic Studies & Laval University.
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Flexible manufacturing and market structure
B. Curtis Eaton,Nicolas Schmitt +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the implications of flexible manufacturing for market structure and conclude that flexible manufacturing promotes concentration through preemption and mergers, or equivalently through cartels, and that the concentrated market structures associated with flexibility may or may not be welfare-dominated by a regime in which monopolization is not allowed.
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Why parallel trade may raise producers' profits
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that a manufacturer may benefit from parallel trade when competitive retailers must order inventories before they know the realization of demand and for products whose sale value drops at the end of the demand period.
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Buyer power in international markets
Horst Raff,Nicolas Schmitt +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the implications for international markets of the existence of retailers/wholesalers with market power were investigated and it was shown that in the presence of buyer power trade liberalization may lead to retail market concentration.
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A Simple Model of Brain Circulation
TL;DR: In this article, the allocation of two types of individuals differentiated by levels of talent within and between two countries when they choose to be workers or entrepreneurs was considered, and the equilibrium with international migrations was found to be consistent with individuals moving in one or in both directions whether they are entrepreneurs or workers.
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Why do Low- and High-Skill Workers Migrate? Flow Evidence from France
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate whether standard determinants influence international migration of workers to France with the same intensity across different skill levels and with or without free mobility, and find that low-skill migrants respond to most push and pull migration factors.