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Taxation by Telecommunications Regulation
Hausman, Jerry - 1997
Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary …
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Effects of Regulation on Utility Financing : Theory and Evidence
Taggart, Robert A, Jr - 1982
This paper examines the financing decisions of regulated public utilities. It is argued that the regulatory process affects utility financing choices both by conditioning the environment in which these choices are made and by creating opportunities for firms to influence the regulated price...
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Realization Utility
Barberis, Nicholas C. - 2008
A number of authors have suggested that investors derive utility from realizing gains and losses on assets that they own. We present a model of this "realization utility," analyze its predictions, and show that it can shed light on a number of puzzling facts. These include the disposition...
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Hong Kong's Business Regulation in Transition
Wu, Changqi - 1997
cases of electricity and telecommunications. The direction for future changes is also discussed …
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The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out
Jarvis, Stephen - 2019
Many countries have phased out nuclear electricity production in response to concerns about nuclear waste and the risk of nuclear accidents. This paper examines the impact of the shutdown of roughly half of the nuclear production capacity in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use...
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Interest Rates, Contagion and Capital Controls
Edwards, Sebastian - 2000
the type Chile implemented throughout most of the 1990s reduce a country's vulnerability to contagion. I also deal, albeit … presented in this paper shows that the effectiveness of Chile's controls on inflows has often been overstated. Indeed, Chile was …
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Macroeconomic Volatility in Latin America : A View and Three Case Studies
Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2000
better economic environment. In this paper I review these sources through the recent experiences of Argentina, Chile and …
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Sudden Stop, Financial Factors and Economic Collpase in Latin America : Learning from Argentina and Chile
Calvo, Guillermo A. - 2005
statement, we compare the polar cases of Chile and Argentina. While Chile exhibited a significant economic slowdown after August …. We attribute their difference to the fact that Chile is more open to trade than Argentina, and that it appears to suffer … 1998, it did not suffer the excruciating collapse suffered by Argentina, where even the payments system came to a full stop …
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Exchange Rate Regimes, Capital Flows and Crisis Prevention
Edwards, Sebastian - 2001
In this paper I analyze, within the context of the new 'financial architecture,' the relationship between exchange rate regimes, capital flows and currency crises in emerging economies. The paper draws on lessons learned during the 1990s, and deals with some of the most important policy...
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Speculative Attacks and Models of Balance-of-Payments Crises
Agenor, Pierre-Richard - 1991
This paper reviews recent developments in the theoretical and empirical analysis of balance-of-payments crises. A simple analytical model highlighting the process leading to such crises is first developed. The basic framework is then extended to deal with a variety of issues, such as:...
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