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New casinos and local labor markets: Evidence from Canada
Humphreys, Brad R.; Marchand, Joseph - In: Labour Economics 24 (2013) C, pp. 151-160
The local labor market effects of new casinos are examined by comparing the employment and earnings growth in areas … with new casinos to the growth in areas with existing casinos and without casinos, exploiting numerous casino openings … and earnings of the local gambling industry within five years, while this growth does not appear to continue beyond this …
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The Regulation of Professional Team Sports
Sloane, Peter J. - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE - 2000
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With whom to merge?: A tale of the Spanish banking deregulation process
Lozano Vivas, Ana; Meléndez-Jiménez, Miguel A.; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 2 (2011) 2, pp. 159-184
We propose a spatial competition model to study banks’ strategic responses to the asymmetric Spanish geographic deregulation process. We find that once the geographic deregulation process finishes, inter-regional mergers between savings banks are optimal whenever the economies of scale...
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Die Netzneutralitätsdebatte aus ökonomischer Sicht
Fetzer, Thomas; Peitz, Martin; Schweitzer, Heike - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 92 (2012) 11, pp. 777-783
Unter dem Stichwort „Netzneutralität“ wird in Öffentlichkeit und Politik zur Zeit intensiv diskutiert, welchen Anforderungen die Datenübertragung in Telekommunikationsnetzen künftig genügen muss. Dabei stellt sich die Frage, ob Daten priorisiert werden dürfen und wenn ja, in welchem...
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Access to natural gas storage facilities: Strategic and regulation issues
Baranes, Edmond; Mirabel, François; Poudou, Jean-Christophe - In: Energy Economics 41 (2014) C, pp. 19-32
the context of TPA regulation. We then show that this setting compels the leader to adopt a strategic storage decision … leader decision is part of a strategy to raise a rival's costs. Furthermore, one can think that optimal regulation of the …
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Chapter 27 Recent Developments in the Theory of Regulation
Armstrong, Mark; Sappington, David E.M. - In: Handbook of industrial organization : volume 3, (pp. 1557-1700). 2007
begins by characterizing the optimal regulation of a monopoly supplier that is better informed than the regulator about its … commitment powers are limited. The chapter then analyzes the design of practical policies, such as price cap regulation, that are …. Yardstick regulation, procedures for awarding monopoly franchises, and optimal industry structuring are analyzed. The chapter …
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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...
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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...
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GAMBLING ON GAMBLING: FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF RAISING BET LIMITS AND TABLE DIFFERENTIALS
Spence, Mark T; Sugden, Stephen J; Kale, Sudhir - In: Journal of Gambling Business and Economics 7 (2013) 1, pp. 53-72
The house advantage for Baccarat is known, hence the theoretical win can be determined. What is impractical to …
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Gambling Dynamism : The Macao Miracle
Zheng, Victor - 2014
Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Gambling and Society: A Theoretical Revisiting of the Issue -- Macao and … Globalization: A Gambling Perspective -- The Return to Chinese Sovereignty: A Historical Turning Point -- Gambling Expansion and … Economic Growth -- Gambling Expansion and Social Change -- Gambling Expansion and Political Development -- National …
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