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New types of non-trade related participation in commodity futures markets
Rutten, Lamon - EconWPA - 2003
This paper explores the growing involvement of new types of non- commodity-sector-related players in commodity futures markets. This includes a discussion on the role of managed funds, the impact of the use of commodity warrants, and the direct involvement of banks. The impact of this new form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077040
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I ranking internazionali come rimedio alle asimmetrie informative negli sport individuali: il caso del ciclismo professionistico
Tondani, Davide - EconWPA - 2005
inefficiencies affecting negatively agents welfare, where, agents are sport teams, event promoters and sponsoring firms. By means of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561829
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Categorical Cognition: A Psychological Model of Categories and Identification in Decision Making
Fryer, Roland G.; Jackson, Matthew O. - EconWPA - 2002
This paper introduces a psychological notion of categorization into economics and derives its implications for economic decision making. We show, using a tractable model of social cognition, that a decision maker in (efficiently) assigning past experiences to categories, will sort experiences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135029
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NIGERIA'S RESPONSE TO THE DYNAMIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
DISCUSSES THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONCEPTS UNDERLYING RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN … NIGERIA WITH RESPECT TO EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE. IT FOCUSES ON ANALYSING STANDARDIZATION PROBLEMS, PRICING RULES AND ENTRY …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407756
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Deregulation, Restructuring and Changing R&D Paradigms in the US Electric Utility Industry
Sanyal, Paroma; Cohen, Linda R. - EconWPA - 2005
of selection and intensity. The primary findings are: First, greater deregulation and competition has a positive effect … competition and level and policies for stranded cost recovery do affect spending. Second, the response of R&D to financial and … effective retail competition may mitigate the problem of declining electricity R&D by the utilities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561429
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The Uneasy Case for the Flat Tax
Buckley, Francis; Rasmusen, Eric - EconWPA - 1999
There is a secret paradox at the heart of social contract theories. Such theories assume that, because personal security and private property are at risk in a state of nature, subjects will agree to grant Leviathan a monopoly of violence. But what is to prevent Leviathan from turning on his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076588
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SIZE AND HETEROGENEITY MATTER. A MICROSTRUCTURE-BASED ANALYSIS OF REGULATION OF SECONDARY MARKETS FOR GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Martinez-Resano, J. Ramon - EconWPA - 2005
competition, integrative infrastructure and basic systemic protections as over-arching principles for regulation is consistent … analyzed from this perspective. Government bond regulation is argued to necessarily depart from ordinary approaches also … discusses repo and short-selling regulation in government bond markets. The atypical market structure and the multi- agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134902
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Regulation, Competition and Liberalization
Armstrong, Mark; Sappington, David - EconWPA - 2005
In many countries throughout the world, regulators are struggling to determine whether and how to introduce competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134413
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Vertical Restructuring of the Infrastructure Sectors of Transition Economies
Pittman, Russell - EconWPA - 2001
One important determinant of the speed and success of transition will be the efficiency of transformation and development of the infrastructure sectors. A great deal of attention has been paid to issues such as privatisation, restructuring, user prices, and terms of access in these sectors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134435
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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction
Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of … carriers), and we point to the real danger that the intent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134493