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Cable Regulation in the Internet Era
Crawford, Gregory S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
television regulation in light of these developments. It surveys the dismal empirical record on the effects of price regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084592
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Single-Till versus Dual-Till Regulation of Airports
Czerny, Achim I.; Zhang, Anmin - 2015
are privately owned and experience little or no ex-ante regulation of airport charges. On the other hand, airports … activities into the regulation of airport infrastructure charges? This question is addressed in this paper. We discuss basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288397
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The Structure of Corporate ownership in Privatized Utilities
Trillas, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
this separation interact with the regulation of the product market. The main issue to be addressed here is how the degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123598
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Economic Reform in Europe: Integrating and Liberalizing the Market for Services
Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
and gas. The Paper argues that there is unfinished business in the areas of regulation, restructuring, encouraging proper … risk management through contracting, and designing markets and regulation to ensure effective and sustainable competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661538
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Competition and Entry in Banking: Implications for Stability and Capital Regulation
Boot, Arnoud W.A.; Marinc, Matej - 2006
We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … ask two questions: i) how does capital regulation affect (endogenous) entry; and ii) how do (exogenous) changes in the … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325147
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Entrepreneurial Innovations, Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization
Douhan, Robin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
What explains the world-wide trend of pro-entrepreneurial policies? We study entrepreneurial policy in a lobbying model taking into account the conflict of interest between entrepreneurs and incumbents. It is shown that international market integration leads to more pro-entrepreneurial policies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530366
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Capacity Choices in Liberalized Electricity Markets
Castro-Rodriguez, Fidel; Uribe, Marín; Luis, Pedro; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
absence of any regulation, private investment decisions on capacity unambiguously lead to a socially sub-optimal outcome, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792333
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Welfare Analysis of Regulating Mobile Termination Rates in the UK (with an Application to the Orange/T-Mobile Merger)
Harbord, David; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper presents results from a calibrated welfare model of the UK mobile telephony market which includes many mobile networks; calls to and from the fixed network; networkbased price discrimination; and call externalities. The analysis focuses on the short-run effects of adopting lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468563
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Strategic Quality Choice with Minimum Quality Standards
Lutz, Stefan; Lyon, Thomas P; Maxwell, John W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
In many markets governments set minimum quality standards while some sellers choose to compete on the basis of quality by exceeding them. Such ‘high-quality’ strategies often win public acclaim, especially when ‘environmental friendliness’ is the dimension along which firms are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656312
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On the Uniqueness of Optimal Prices Set by Monopolistic Sellers
den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper considers price determination by monopolistic sellers who know the distribution of valuations among the potential buyers. We derive a novel condition under which the optimal price set by the monopolist is unique. In many settings, this condition is easy to interpret, and it is valid...
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