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Regulating financial market infrastructures

Ferrarini, Guido; Saguato, Paolo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper focuses on the impact of financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and of their regulation on the post … FMIs regulation. By reviewing the current move from ‘private’ markets to ‘public’ markets internationally, and with respect … supervision. - This paper is a draft chapter for a forthcoming volume, "The Oxford Handbook on Financial Regulation," edited by …

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Does pharmaceutical price regulation affect the adoption of generic competition?: evidence from the OECD, 1999-2008

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Varol, Nebibe; McGuire, Alistair - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Generic competition in the pharmaceutical market is an effective cost-containment mechanism that improves static efficiency and stimulates pharmaceutical innovation. There is no prior study that has empirically analysed the relative delays in adoption of generic competition. This paper aims to...

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Does planning regulation protect independent retailers?

Sadun, Raffaella - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

nature of local political control in the UK from 1993 to 2003. Since local politicians directly control planning regulation … independent retailers between 1998 and 2004 can be attributed to the perverse effect of planning regulation. …

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Testing the "waterbed" effect in mobile telephony

Genakos, Christos; Valletti, Tommaso - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This paper examines the impact of regulatory intervention to cut termination rates of calls from fixed lines to mobile phones. Under quite general conditions of competition, theory suggests that lower termination charges will result in higher prices for mobile subscribers, a phenomenon known as...

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The impact of risk regulation on price dynamics

Danielsson, Jon; Shin, Hyun Song; Zigrand, Jean-Pierre - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

regulation, while volatility is higher. Risk regulation may have the perverse effect of exacerbating price fluctuations. …

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Mark-to-market accounting and systemic risk: evidence from the insurance industry

Ellul, Andrew; Jotikasthira, Chotibhak; Lundblad, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

interactions with complex capital adequacy regulation, does generate market distortions of its own. Second, while mark …

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Strategic patenting and software innovation

Noel, Michael; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Strategic patenting is widely believed to raise the costs of innovating, especially in industries characterised by cumulative innovation. This paper studies the effects of strategic patenting on R&D, patenting and market value in the computer software industry. We focus on two key aspects:...

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Strategic patenting and software innovation

Noel, Michael; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

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Profit share and returns on capital stock in Italy: the role of privatisations behind the rise of the 1990s

Torrini, Roberto - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

Profit share in Italy has been growing between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s, remaining stable at historically high levels since than. After dropping in the first half of the 1070s, owing to an unprecedented rapid rise in wages, profit share started to recover. The rise during the 1980s...

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Competition and incentives with motivated agents

Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

A unifying theme in the literature on organizations such as public bureaucracies and private non-profits is the importance of missions, as opposed to profit, as an organizational goal. Such mission-oriented organizations are frequently staffed by motivated agents who subscribe to the mission....

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