We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

competition policy or on antitrust activity. This paper analyzes the case of Spain in the period from 1993 to 2005. An increase in … antitrust policy. Finally, a disciplining effect due to the antitrust activities is also observed …

. Following this introduction, Part II explains that sector-specific regulation and competition law are complementary tools and … even in the presence of ex ante regulation, competition rules should continue to play a significant role. Ex ante … regulation and competition law are complements, not substitutes. Finally, Part V contains a short conclusion …

In this article we chart the development of competition and deregulation of the British retail energy markets … quesiton of whether the control of pricing practices through the ex post provisions of the general competition law is …

market regulation have motivated this quality improvement. In particular we show that this rise in quality is only profitable …

segment. It also describes the methodology of the construction of a relevant measure of regulation. Precisely, we provide a … competition. Our overall regulatory index, which aggregates these individual measures of regulatory reforms, permits to measure … the intensity of regulation in the fixed telecom sector for 107 developed and developing countries during the period of …

We propose a spatial competition model to study banks’ strategic responses to the asymmetric Spanish geographic …