1. Several market failures would justify some forms of price control and entry regulation in the taxicab industry … regulation to changing market conditions. Hence, faced with a sclerotic service supply, several cities and countries have … thoroughly deregulated their taxi industry... only to gradually bring back some elements of regulation later on. Since the late …

members. We refer to this effect, highlighting the negative impact that alcohol addicted individuals can have on other … demand system. Our results show that for Italian households a high level of alcohol consumption influences the allocation of … resources in favour of the husband, with a larger effect in poor households. This evidence implies that alcohol consumption is …

: perfect competition, collective bargaining, monopsony. It is shown that regulation of hours is justified and can even increase …

Previous analyses showed that product market deregulation often precedes labor market (LM) reforms. This paper … introduces LM imperfections within an economic geography framework, the level of optimal LM regulation being based on each … LM institutions. As the fall in trade costs increases the intensity of the agglomeration force, LM regulation loses in …

deregulation, cotton development in SSA could be reviewed and their current restructuring appraised according to economics of … as they are of insufficient size. Where cotton production is well developed, such deregulation could be considered but … monopolies is a way of preserving vertical integration and of facilitating geographical regulation which should be more efficient …

fairly unchanged. For a calibration capturing alternatively European and the U.S. labor markets, a deregulation episode …

changed: what level of deregulation is required, or can be introduced, in the gas industry? The reform project, actually …

deregulation, with the tools provided by network economics. After looking at the progress of rail deregulation in Europe, we … of rail deregulation, with a complete opening of rail markets. We conclude by assessing the possibility of emergence of …