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efficiency, taking into account the regulatory changes that have affected the European airline industry. We construct and …
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process of competitive deregulation. We find that deregulation should induce more price competition. In turn, this will affect …
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In this Paper we study the impact of credit risk transfer (CRT) on the stability and the efficiency of a financial …
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We study the effect of entry on costs and competition in the Portuguese mobile telephony industry. We construct and … effort. We show that failure to account for cost reducing effort leads to biased estimates of competition in the industry. We … significant cost reductions, and fostered competition. …
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local network externalities, in contrast to global network externalities, don't necessarily sharpen competition. Then we …
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potential to increase the intensity of competition as well as to act as a channel for technology transfers. One would expect …) enjoy higher levels of efficiency and have the potential to generate positive spillovers. At the same time, the entry of …
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shows that taxpayers are the main losers as subsidies are still needed. There are also serious efficiency-equity trade …
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that competition does not guarantee that exchanges choose welfare maximizing trading rules. In some cases, welfare is …
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The paper studies the impact of market integration on investment incentives in non-competitive industries. It distinguishes between investment in transportation and production cost-reducing technologies. Each domestic firm is controlled by a national regulator in a common market made of two...
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risk management through contracting, and designing markets and regulation to ensure effective and sustainable competition … and gas. The Paper argues that there is unfinished business in the areas of regulation, restructuring, encouraging proper …. Restructuring is problematic, requiring forceful competition authorities with a clear agenda to achieve desirable structural reforms …
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