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Jules Dupuit and the railroads: what is the role of the State?
Poinsot, Philippe - HAL - 2012
between competition as an ideal and the feasibility of competition in the railroad sector; this distinction is implicit in … Dupuit's work, but it helps us to grasp that, in his opinion, unlimited competition is not possible in the railroads and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575558
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State and market interaction: cotton variety and seed market development in China
Fok, Michel; Xu, Naiyin - HAL - 2008
, all cotton sector stakeholders do recognize that there is a big issue of excessive competition from a great number of … nevertheless will remain a short term one if no regulation is provided to prevent the market development from excessive and unfair … competition. The case analysed is a good illustration of the shortfalls of unregulated competition. It is however ineffective to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791670
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Market Share, R&D Cooperation, and EU Competition Policy
Rubble, Richard; Versaevel, Bruno - HAL - 2009
Current EU policy exempts horizontal R&D agreements from antitrust con- cerns when the combined market shares of participants are low enough. This paper argues that existing theory does not support limiting the exemption to low market shares. This is done by introducing a set of non-innovating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791808
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Some comparative economics of the organization of sports: Competition and regulation in north American vs. European professional team sports leagues
Andreff, Wladimir - HAL - 2011
The paper presents the differences between the design of a closed and an open team sports league. Then it compares the theoretical models of a closed league with profit maximizing clubs and an open league with win maximizing clubs. Both models are now outdated by a Nash equilibrium model which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635114
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Commodity price volatility and Tax revenues: Evidence from developing countries
Ehrhart, Hélène; Guerineau, Samuel - HAL - 2012
The recent boom and bust in commodity prices has renewed the policymakers' interest in three complementary issues: i) characteristics and determinants of commodity price instability, ii) its macroeconomic effects and, iii) the optimal policy responses to this instability. This work falls within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399193
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Growth Effect of FDI in Developing Economies: the Role of Institutional Quality
Jude, Cristina; Levieuge, Grégory - HAL - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. We consider institutional heterogeneity to be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies and we develop several arguments to show that institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899872
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Employee Ownership, Board Representation, and Corporate Financial Policies
Ginglinger, Edith; Megginson, William; Waxin, Timothee - HAL - 2011
French law mandates that employees of publicly listed companies can elect two types of directors to represent employees. Privatized companies must reserve board seats for directors elected by employees by right of employment, while employee-shareholders can elect a director whenever they hold at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323278
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Politiques énergétiques et accès aux services urbains en réseau à Istanbul : une ambition métropolitaine au détriment de l'intérêt général
Arik, Elvan - HAL - 2011
À partir de la thématique énergétique à Istanbul, ce mémoire apporte des éléments de réponse à la double interrogation suivante : comment les structures de gouvernance locale se sont-elles adaptées aux injonctions du développement urbain durable ? ; dans une métropole déjà...
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How to Make the Economy "Embedded" in Turkey? One question, Two Contradictory Answers
Ozatalay, Cem - HAL - 2011
interests in the neo-liberal institution-building process in Turkey and privatization cases as one of the main components of the … neo-liberalization process represents its primary focus. First, it will be outlined how the privatization program was … privatization deals after the 2000's and its effects, it will be shown (1) how the import-substitution periods' contending actors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151313
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Learning from the economics of networks to enhance poverty alleviation in African cotton zones
Fok, Michel - HAL - 2008
monopolies is a way of preserving vertical integration and of facilitating geographical regulation which should be more efficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008789285