Article underscores the dark side of both phenomena by focusing on the anti-competitive features of regulation and reform and …

The paper undertakes a dynamic analysis for service quality in the electricity distribution in Brazil between 2010 and …

and labour market regulation on the capital stock. Several alternative testing methods show that the negative influence of … product and labour market regulation is considerably stronger at higher levels. The paper uncovers important policy …

This paper shows that outsourcing of parts of the workforce in unionized firms leads to wage moderation and as long as … direct substitution effect so that domestic employment increases in unionized firms as outsourcing costs fall. This does not … exemption and the unemployment benefit payments affect domestic wage setting in the same way as in the absence of outsourcing …

We consider environmental regulation in a context where firms invest in abatement technology under conditions of …

precaution. Regulation made application of the electronic engine immobilizer, a simple and low-cost anti-theft device, mandatory … for all new cars sold within the European Union as of 1998. We exploit the regulation as source of exogenous variation in …

consumption options and show how optimal regulation evolves over time. In our base setting where social and private learning …