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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. …
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This study reports experimental market power and efficiency outcomes for a computational wholesale electricity market … microstructure is strongly predictive for the relative market power of buyers and sellers, and that high market efficiency is … social mimicry learning via a genetic algorithm. However, market efficiency is substantially reduced. …
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One important determinant of the speed and success of transition will be the efficiency of transformation and …
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). If the competition level increases, the quality of football being played may also increase. Thus, consumers … comparative manner. During the estimation period, it is calculated that, on average, the highest level of football competition …
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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...
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Electoral constituencies recognize favorable policy outcomes in high- turnout jurisdictions (Key 1984 [1949]; Hamilton 1993; Fleck 1999). In the present paper, I evaluate whether underlying institutions might provide a finer explanation of this relationship. To do so, I formally examine variation in...
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Concern over online information privacy is widespread and rising. However, prior research is silent about the value of information privacy in the presence of potential benefits from sharing personally identifiable information. We analyzed individuals' trade-offs between the benefits and costs of...
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The European Union and its Member States have been engaged in product market reforms over a long period with notable reforms including the Single Market Program and the Lisbon Agenda launched in March 2000. Product market reforms are seen as exerting both a direct and an indirect impact on...
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This study is primarily concerned with the degree of professional football competition in the Turkish first division … as presenting the effects of the changes in point system on the degree of football competition. Finally, the Turkish … first division's football competition level is compared to the selected European leagues. …
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Ce texte a été préparé en vue d'introduire un numéro de la revue Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique consacré aux Dynamiques entrepreneuriales (RPVE, XXXIX, no 4, 2000). Le thème général, Dynamiques entrepreneuriales, y est d'abord brièvement discuté. Vient ensuite un...
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