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A comparison of rail liberalisation levels across four European countries
Beria, Paolo; Quinet, Emile; de Rus, Gines; Schulz, Carola - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper presents the results of a research on railway regulation and liberalisation in Italy, France, Germany and … Spain. The analysed fields of regulation are the relationship between the State and the rail companies, network access …. The aim of the paper is to give a comparative overview of the rail regulation from a critical point of view, rather than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855557
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Estimating allocative efficiency in port authorities with demand uncertainty
Hidalgo, Soraya; Núñez-Sánchez, Ramón - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper aims to analyse the impact of port demand variability on the allocative efficiency of Spanish port authorities during the period 1986-2007. From a distance function model we can obtain a measure of allocative efficiency using two different approaches: error components approach and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112705
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Competencia en transporte público y plazos concesionales en España
de Rus, Gines - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Public transport (urban and intercity) is organized in Spain both through concession contracts and public ownership. The regulator fixes prices and level of services,as well as the level of subsidy. This paper examines the regulated system in the Spanish bus industry in the last decades.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835718
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Unconventional factors of efficiency in public transport. A case study and theory.
Beria, Paolo; Grimaldi, Raffaele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
authorities. Though this situation is obviously quite far from indications of the regulation theory, it results in a surprisingly … that a form of regulation is needed, it is here suggested that regulatory strategies should adapt to this counterintuitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855804
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Interconnection of Cable Networks: A Regulation Proposal for Broadband Internet Services
Leitão, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this article a brief revision of the European and Portuguese Regulatory frameworks is made, especially in terms of the interconnection of broadband internet services that are offered by cable operators. A formalization with two cable networks is presented, in order to obtain a benchmark for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835807
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The role of regulation in financing transport infrastructures in Italy
Beria, Paolo; Ponti, Marco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
overinvestment. The last section will provide recommendations for a more efficient regulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837154
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Mergers between regulated firms with unknown efficiency gains
Fiocco, Raffaele; Guo, Dongyu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In an industry where regulated firms interact with unregulated suppliers, we investigate the welfare effects of a merger between regulated firms when cost synergies are uncertain before the merger and their realization becomes private information of the merged firm. The optimal merger policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252548
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Pick Your Poison: Do Politicians Regulate When They Can’t Spend?
Johnson, Noel D; Matthew, Mitchell; Yamarik, Steven - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We investigate whether laws restricting fiscal policies across U.S. states lead politicians to adopt more partisan regulatory policy instead. We first show that partisan policy outcomes do exist across U.S. states, with Republicans cutting taxes and spending and Democrats raising them. We then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258763
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Effects of corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility policies
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This article reviews experimental evidence on the effects of policies intended to promote behavior by firms that is more socially responsible and less socially irresponsible. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can provide firms with opportunities for profit, but changes are likely to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260275
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Regulation, enforcement and informality: an analysis based on selected countries
Roychowdhury, Punarjit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
It is claimed that introducing flexibility in regulation is a sufficient condition for curbing the level of informality … time period 1980-2008 to explore the dynamics between regulation and informal employment. The empirical findings obtained … using Panel Data regression point out that regulation does not significantly affect informality. What matters is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211209