Commitment im Sinne von Selbstbindung an wettbewerbsstrategische Entscheidungen ist eine unerläßliche Voraussetzung für die Erlangung nachhaltiger Wettbewerbsvorteile. Nur die Bindung an spezifische, weder imitier- noch handelbare Ressourcen eröffnet einer Unternehmung die Chance,...

This paper discusses the fundamental underpinnings and some implications of transaction cost regulation (TCR), a framework to analyze the interaction between governments and investors fundamentally, but not exclusively, in utility industries. TCR sees regulation as the governance structure of...

We document how a plant-specific shock to investment opportunities at one plant of a firm ("treated plant") spills over to other plants of the same firm--but only if the firm is financially constrained. While the shock triggers an increase in investment and employment at the treated plant, this...

There are many possible ways of reforming the Government-Sponsored Enterprises that insure mortgages against default, including a purely public option, complete privatization or a hybrid model with private firms and public catastrophic insurance. If the government is sufficiently capable and...