Purpose - The main goal of this paper is to analyze the implementation of pharmaceuticals cost-containment measures in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts descriptive and analytical techniques to assess the extent of implementing pharmaceutical cost-containment measures in...

Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) have been instrumental in expanding renewable electricity generation but can distort investment by insulating producers from market price volatility. This paper develops a twostage model of electricity markets with stochastic demand and supply shocks, showing that a higher...

Consumer consent regulation is the cornerstone of modern data privacy regulation such as the European GDPR and the Californian CCPA. By ensuring that consumers can reject any harmful data collection, the regulation seems an effective tool for protecting consumers against price discrimination. By...

This Policy brief presents novel cross-country, firm-level evidence on the incidence and characteristics of price regulations around the world. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) covering 103 economies - the first comparable global measure of how firms experience price...

Im Euroraum sind rund 12 % der Preise administriert, das heißt, ihre Festsetzung erfolgt entweder direkt durch den Staat oder wird stark von ihm beeinflusst; in Österreich sind es rund 9 %. Besonders im Dienstleistungssektor ist der staatliche Einfluss hoch - im Euroraum sind etwa 18 % der...