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Conditions of Competition and Multilateral Surveillance

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

WTO members are starting to consider whether and how to develop multilateral disciplines on competition policies. These discussions are taking place in the absence of concerted efforts to compile comparable information on the conditions of competition existing on member country markets. We argue...

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Linking Competition and Trade Policies in Central and East European Countries

Hoekman, Bernard; Mavroidis, Petros C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper explores options for governments of Central and East European countries to increase the sensitivity of competition law enforcement to trade and investment policy, thereby supporting a liberal trade policy stance. The competition laws of these countries tend to resemble European Union...

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The Coherence of EC Policies on Trade, Competition and Industry

Gual, Jordi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper assesses the coherence between industrial policy, competition policy and trade policy in the European Union (EU). This assessment is undertaken from the perspective of the optimal deployment of economic policies as prescribed by economic analysis and takes into consideration the legal...

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Effect of Regulatory Constraints on Fund Performance: New Evidence from UCITS Hedge Funds

Joenväärä, Juha; Kosowski, Robert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We economically motivate and then test a range of hypotheses regarding performance and risk differences between UCITS-compliant and other hedge funds. The latter exhibit more suspicious return patterns than do absolute return UCITS (ARUs), but ARUs exhibit higher levels of operational risk. We...

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Investment and capital structure of partially private regulated firms

Cambini, Carlo; Spiegel, Yossi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We develop a model that examines the capital structure and investment decisions of regulated firms in a setting that incorporates two key institutional features of the public utilities sector in many countries: firms are partially owned by the state and regulators are not necessarily...

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When bigger isn’t better: Bail outs and bank behaviour

Li, Han Hao; Miller, Marcus; Zhang, Lei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The traditional theory of commercial banking explains maturity transformation and liquidity provision assuming no asymmetric information and no excess profits. It captures the possibility of bank runs and business cycle risk; but it ignores the moral hazard problems connected with risk-taking by...

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Regulation, Privatization, and Airport Charges: Panel Data Evidence from European Airports

Bilotkach, Volodymyr; Clougherty, Joseph A.; Mueller, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

main empirical results indicate that aeronautical charges are lower at airports when single-till regulation is employed …, when airports are privatized, and -- tentatively -- when ex-post price regulation is applied. Furthermore, hub airports … generally set higher aeronautical charges, and it appears that price-cap regulation and the presence of nearby airports do not …

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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector

Gao, Hang; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study whether the 2002 deregulation and vertical unbundling of the Chinese electricity sector has boosted productivity in the generation segment of the industry. Controlling explicitly for sources of price-heterogeneity across firms and for firm-fixed effects, we find deregulation to be...

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Assessing the impact of Mali’s water privatization across stakeholders

Estache, Antonio; Grifell-Tatjé, Emili - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper offers a unique quantitative evaluation of the distribution of the welfare of a water privatization experience in Mali among labor, investors, intermediate input providers, users and taxpayers. The assessment is based on indicator duality and production theory. The paper shows that...

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Add-on Pricing, Naive Consumers, and the Hidden Welfare Costs of Education

Kosfeld, Michael; Schüwer, Ulrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...

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