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"The authors compare the two merger control systems currently employed worldwide: a mandatory system based on merger size threshold and a voluntary system with ex-post monitoring and fines. The voluntary system possesses two informational advantages: (i) the enforcement agency employs more...
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"Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country, cross-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian Model Averaging to address the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to panel data models with country-specific fixed...
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and toward Western European levels. By 2008 efficiency gains had produced cost savings totaling US$349 million. The …
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"Serrano and Trujillo quantify the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the … place in the 1990s had an impact on the efficiency of the Spanish container ports. Because of the multi-output nature of … efficiency has in fact changed little on average. But there is a significant movement of the efficiency within ports over time as …
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in their operations. This report details the state of Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) efficiency in Zambia, focusing on … review of the state of WSS efficiency in Zambia. In addition to stating the efficiency bottlenecks in WSS delivery, the … efficiency of the three pilot CUs. The section emphasizes i-TOC as an assessment tool that overcomes the flaws of traditional PIs …
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opportunity for Bulgaria to improve its support for science, technology, and innovation (STI). This report assesses the efficiency … STI (PER STI) project. This efficiency analysis addresses an identified gap in Bulgaria's STI system: the monitoring and …
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Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority Action Programs, focused on four pillars: a) accelerating broad based growth; b) expanding access to social services for the poor; c) increasing employment and...
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