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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a cross-section of 120 countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276563
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A Dynamic Theory of Regulatory Capture
De Chiara, Alessandro; Schwarz, Marco A. - 2021
Firms often try to influence individuals that, like regulators, are tasked with advising or deciding on behalf of a third party. In a dynamic regulatory setting, we show that a firm may prefer to capture regulators through the promise of a lucrative future job opportunity (i.e., the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013236193
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Does State Aid for Broadband Deployment in Rural Areas Close the Digital and Economic Divide?
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Falck, Oliver; … - 2018
We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid programme for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German state of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using matched difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have – depending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815840
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Evaluating the Impact of Price Caps - Evidence from the European Roam-Like-At-Home Regulation
Canzian, Giulia; Mazzarella, Gianluca; Verzillo, Stefano; … - 2021
The roam-like-at-home regulation (RLAH) eliminated all mobile roaming surcharges to Eu-ropean consumers travelling … within the European Economic Area (EEA). We measure the causal impact of the regulation on EEA roaming traffic, using the … revenues. To evaluate the welfare effects of the regulation, we develop a framework that includes consumer surplus, retail and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211736
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Impact of Roaming Regulation on Revenues and Prices of Mobile Operators in the EU
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Munoz-Acevedo, Ángela - 2021
We empirically assess the impact of the EU roaming regulation on mobile operators’ average revenues per user (ARPU) and …-level data we find that the regulation decreased mobile operator’s revenues per user, while it had no impact on tariffs during … the latest phase of the regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216252
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Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship?: the impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - 2007
that corruption is beneficial in highly regulated economies. At the maximum level of regulation among our sample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264142
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A Dynamic Theory of Regulatory Capture
De Chiara, Alessandro; Schwarz, Marco - 2021
Firms often try to influence individuals that, like regulators, are tasked with advising or deciding on behalf of a third party. In a dynamic regulatory setting, we show that a firm may prefer to capture regulators through the promise of a lucrative future job opportunity (i.e., the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582031
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Market Contestability and Bribe Solicitations: Evidence Across Stages of Firms' Operations
Goel, Rajeev K.; Mazhar, Ummad; Saunoris, James W. - 2018
Adding to the literature on factors driving corruption and bribery, this paper examines the effect of contestability in business operations on bribe solicitations. Contestability undermines bureaucratic rent-seeking potential and this paper tries to capture this empirically using cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872038
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Regulating national firms in a common market
Biancini, Sara - 2008
We consider the regulation of national firms in a common market. Regulators can influence the production of national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264297
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The demands for environmental regulation and for trade in the presence of private mitigation
Hotte, Louis; Winer, Stanley L. - 2008
We study the nature of individual demands for environmental regulation and for trade openness in the general … respect to the stringency of regulation. Moreover, even though trade has the potential to benefit everyone, the poor may … oppose trade openness because of a concern that laxer environmental regulation will then be imposed in the interest of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264525