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Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction
Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004
the emergence and decline of the telecom bubble, the impact on pricing of digitization and the emergence of Internet …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134493
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Reform of Building Regulation
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005
Government to examine the contribution that national reform of building regulation has made and further reform could make to the … in reform of building regulation and to negotiate a new Intergovernmental Agreement. The agreement would clarify the … objectives of building regulation reform; strengthen the commitment to national consistency; and also affirm the importance of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407799
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Rules of Origin under the Australia–New Zealand CER Trade Agreement
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
Rules of origin arrangements under the Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) were referred to the Commission for examination and report by May 2004. The request stemmed from concerns that Australian and New Zealand firms were having difficulty achieving the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408017
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Can Voting Reduce Welfare? Evidence from the US Telecommunications Sector
Falaschetti, Dino - EconWPA - 2004
Voter turnout is frequently cited as gauging a polity's health. The ease with which electoral members produce political support can, however, retard an economy's productive capacity. For example, while mobile electorates might efficaciously monitor political agents, they may also lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556935
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Voter Turnout, Regulatory Commitment, and Capital Accumulation: Evidence from the US Telecommunications Sector
Falaschetti, Dino - EconWPA - 2003
Voter turnout is frequently cited as gauging a polity's health. The ease with which electoral members can produce political support, however, can retard an economy's productive capacity. For example, while mobile electorates might efficaciously monitor political agents, they may also lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561806
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Can Voting Reduce Welfare? Evidence from the US Telecommunications Sector
Falaschetti, Dino - EconWPA - 2004
Voter turnout is frequently cited as gauging a polity's health. The ease with which electoral members produce political support can, however, retard an economy's productive capacity. For example, while mobile electorates might efficaciously monitor political agents, they may also lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125893
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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en
Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003
This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556109
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Econometrics and Economic Policy
Chow, Gregory C. - EconWPA - 2003
This is a survey paper on five important developments in econometrics, with illustrative applications to economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556306
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Islamistischer Terrorismus: Analysen, Entwicklungen und Anti- Terror-Politik aus der Sicht ökonomischer Forschung
Entorf - EconWPA - 2005
Der Artikel liefert einen Einblick in die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Sichtweise der Terrorismusforschung und versucht Aspekte der zukünftigen Entwicklung zu beleuch-ten. Dabei werden Konzepte des Angebots und der Erträge terroristischer Aktivitäten beschrieben und Ansatzpunkte einer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556530
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MEASURING WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY IN DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS WITH SEMI- PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES
Garcia, Pablo M - EconWPA - 2005
It is usual to estimate willingness-to-pay in discrete choice models through Logit models –or their expanded versions-. Nevertheless, these models have very restrictive distributional assumptions. This paper is intended to examine the above mentioned issue and to propose an alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125037