privatization on airport charges in a panel data setting where fixed effects can be employed to mitigate endogeneity concerns. Our … 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 …

This paper offers a unique quantitative evaluation of the distribution of the welfare of a water privatization … indicator duality and production theory. The paper shows that users benefited through lower real water prices -although users in … intermediate suppliers and investors have also clearly benefited during the short privatization duration. However the paper also …

this separation interact with the regulation of the product market. The main issue to be addressed here is how the degree … how deregulation affects corporate structure. In the benchmark case where the government maximizes privatization proceeds …

The paper analyses governments’ trade-off between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of … noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so … developing countries, tight budget constraints imply that privatization may be optimal for low profitability segments. For highly …

The paper studies the impact of government budget constraint in a pure adverse selection problem of monopoly regulation … to regulation is proposed in which firms are free to enter the market and to choose their price and output levels … than traditional regulation where governments commit to both investment and operation cash-flows. This is especially …

The regulation of commercial television and broadcasting in the United Kingdom has evolved from the principles of … public service broadcasting. Much of this regulation is paternalistic and does not place great emphasis on the most effective … regulation in the light of the recent recommendations of the Peacock Committee. In particular, the objectives of broadcasting are …

examines the impact of the privatization of kibbutzim on fertility behavior among members. We find that fertility declined by 6 …-15 percent following the shift to privatization. In light of the massive change in financial costs associated with childbearing … due to privatization, our results suggest that financial considerations may be a more modest factor in fertility decisions …